Chad Smith wrote:
On 9/23/05, Gary Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Let the OOo
downloads begin! Brace the mirrors! Prepare the community user lists
for action!
Yeah, right, okay. It's one state. And it's not like it is everybody in
the
state - it's just people doing business with the state. So, maybe a
couple
thousand downloads over the next year and a half? I don't think we need
to
worry about being slashdotted. We will barely notice a blip.
--
- Chad Smith
This has been /.'d and there are some interesting links. One is why
Microsoft doesn't feel that OpenDocument is a decent file standard. Of
course there is a response on how *.doc is not an open standard.
Of course Microsoft is also moving from binary *.doc format to a
propriertory XML format in Office 12 as a default.
Microsoft is afraid that if they lose this battle, it will show that
their "open" format isn't really open and lead to more problems in Europe.
I wonder how many people will be shocked when they receive a document
from someone with Word 12 and finds that they cannot open it.
--
Robin Laing
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