On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 16:57 +1300, Michael Adams wrote: > On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:25:58 -0500 > Sam Hiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 09:51 -0500, Lars D. Noodén wrote: > > > I've finally read through David's well thought out "Comments on > > > Microsoft's Letter" > > > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20051029212458555&mode=nested > > > > > > The MS letter appears to consist primarily of factual errors, > > > misinformation and misunderstanding. This is far from the first > > > time even this quarter. It has gone on for decades now, giving it > > > the appearance of a business method endorsed by even top management. > > > At what point is it > > > allowed to identify it as prevarication and to call the managment to > > > answer for their ethics? Or for that matter reliability? > > > > Correct, Lars. It is part of a concerted Disinformation campaign. > > > > When they say ODF stifles competition, choice and innovation, they > > full well know the direct opposite to be true; however, such > > statements -- as inane as they sound to knowledgable people like us -- > > serve their business interests. > > <snip> > > Of course there is nothing preventing say IBM, Google, HP or Sun > issueing a worried letter to the press about the new Microsoft XML > format and vendor lockin as well as how it "stifles competition, choice > and innovation". > > The press may not give it as much space though. >
That's just it, Michael. I've got conversations in with editors and they publish what they think is palatable to their audiences and this topic in detail has only just surfaced for the general public and the representatives. Furthermore, even John Q. Public has doubts when it's Sun/IBM/hp teaming up against MS: they attribute an equivalent level of cynicism to the cause for open standards (why? because they don't understand details like the difference between Open Source v Open Standards or between a file format, an application and an operating environment...can you blame them?), and the case for open standards will not be made AND absorbed within months or quarters but years. It will be a question of our persistence making the case for the merits of open standards. It will take a lot of repetition and persistence, which can best start with calm, non-histrionic letters to all our State & Federal gov't reps. -Sam > -- www.PlexNex.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
