On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 12:22 -0400, Chad Smith wrote: > And, if ODF is so all consuming, why would you *want* Microsoft to support > it? If ODF is all that matters about OOo, as soon as MSO supports it, OOo is > dead, right? I mean, if ODF success is the only key to OOo success - then if > MSO has it, there's no need for OOo anymore. Right?
I really don't think that ODF is the be-all and end-all of OOo success. However, it's a large part of giving users the freedom to choose whatever productivity software they prefer, even if it is not in, say, Microsoft's (and its shareholders') best interests that users use OOo or even some "Brand X" Office suite. ODF allows productivity software to compete on its merits, not the fact that Microsoft controls Windows and thus only makes their applications run under Windows and attaches all kinds of silly rules to the use of them in the EULA. (In fact, the last EULA I saw specifically forbade the user from running MSO under anything but a licensed copy of Windows.) -- Shawn K. Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
