On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 12:47 +0200, Johan Vromans wrote: > Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Microsoft has said that they will support OpenDocument in MS Office if > > there is customer demand for it. > > I must say that I really don't know whether this would be a good or a > bad thing. > > I can easily imagine Microsoft supporting OpenDocument to the extent > that it nearly works, and then OOo will get the blame when documents > cannot be read properly. > > I'm also sure that OpenDocument leaves room for extensions that OOo > cannot deal with, and then MS can claim they support OpenDocument, > implying that it's OOo's fault.
There are enough knowledgeable people out there to make this too risky for MS to even contemplate. If their apps don't produce pure and clean ODF rest assured it will be all over the Internet within hours. -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMSL --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
