On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 20:50 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > For MS to even support the format, I think that is quite a large step. > > It means that Microsoft gets to once more, embrace, extend and ensure > that the format is set back by at least a decade, if not two.
I think that is way too pessimistic in the current circumstances. MS has its own similar standard going through ECMA, its separate from ODF and not likely to be an extension of it by any stretch of the imagination. If MS had made ODF the internal file format of MSO 2007 there would have been an argument that they could have forked it at some point but that assumes that OOo and other ODF based products had so insignificant a market share it they would make no difference. In the current situation its OOo that has the market share with ODF and its increasing. Not adopting an embrace and extend strategy with ODF might well be something MS lives to regret. Too late now because to change the internal structure in MSO 2007 would be too big a job now. This was a decision made probably a couple of years ago and 2 years is a long time in technology. > > That means that MS "officially" acknowledges OO. > > At least two years ago Microsoft admitted that OOo was a potential threat. And its probably turning into their worst nightmare ;-) > The only question is what the rest of their strategy is. > > > is pretty official. My money is on OO in the long run. > > I'd rather wait until after Microsoft v OOo user # 1.. 10,000 are over. The reward depends often on the degree of risk. If you wait until its a cast iron certainty you will be just one voice among thousands saying we knew this would happen all the time ;-) Ian -- www.theINGOTS.org www.schoolforge.org.uk www.opendocumentfellowship.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
