Louis Suarez-Potts wrote:
No reason not to focus on specific regions, especially if we are
building for future grass-roots efforts. So, let's do it, and if it
doesn't work for this particular quarter, we can likely use it some
other time. I think we really need to act, especially now.
Best
Louis
Forgive my intrusion and apologies if this is just noise...
It seems to me after the recent M$ OOXML debarcle, there is a REAL
opportunity before next February/March to push the ISO ODF format's
benefits.
There is now TONs of stuff on-line demonstrating just how BAD OOXML
really is. (See here: for lots of links to dirt on ooxml
http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?s=ooxml%2C+microsoft)
Some concise documentation sent to all interested parties would be very
useful so we can all do some reverse FUD. My gut feeling is M$ will get
their spec passed next spring, but there are some BIG issues for them to
surmount so it may still fail. Like France and New Zealand's comments of
combining the two standards into one (Which I fail to see M$
entertaining somehow...)
I run a small consulting/training company in the UK that focusses on
promoting OSS to the SME.
I also talk (via email) to MPs when something gets me annoyed, like
OOXML, or the fact that M$ sells our schools very expensive,
subscription based, licences for software that they could never possibly
use... -(
Alan Lord
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