Andrew Brown wrote:
James Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:435FAE59.4040902
@indianadrafting.com:
MS themselves that decided not to support an industry
standard file format.
MS make the industry standard file format. ODF is standard in no industry
anywhere. Let's just keep this important fact in sight, however irritating
it may be.
MS makes a "defacto" standard. It is not recognized as a standard.
It has not been submitted to any standards organization. It is not a
standard. ODF is being submitted to ISO, the same people that do the
ISO9000 standardization.
Heck, MS has a hard time supporting html standards, but that is a
different situation.
How is MS's "defacto standard" going to hold up when Office 12 is
released with their new default "standard" that isn't compatible with
Office XP?
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Robin Laing
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