On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 10:38 -0400, Chad Smith wrote: > That's what I mean, we've got, what? Two office suites using OpenDocument? > And really, neither one is using them for real yet. OOo 2.0 (that great > mythilogical beast) *will* use it, but KOffice doesn't yet, and OOo doesn't > yet.
Lack of vision. Good job you are not in the Venture Capital business ;-) > Single digit market share does not a standard make. MS had single digit market share when WP was dominant. Sony had single digit market share when Sega and Nintendo were dominant. DOS had single digit market share when 8 bit micros were in their hay day. Telephones had single digit market share at the height of the telegraph. Google had single digit market share or less at one time. All of those have become de facto standards at one time or another. The difference here is that ODF, will be ratified as an ISO standard and will be adopted by governments on that basis, not just because it is simply dominant in the market place. Since this has not yet happened its not surprising that Goverments in general have not specified its required so its not surprising the take up is not yet that widespread. Look at the general knowledge criteria for Bronze INGOT. There is a requirement to understand the difference between standards owned by single interest groups and standards that are open and agreed by all. When governments say they won't deal with companies that do not conform to ISO 9000 or whatever, it doesn't matter if at that time only one or two companies conform. If a copany wants to do business with the government they adopt the standard. Even MS is small compared to the Government of even one G8 country, never mind the EU. -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMSL --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
