> Except that Microsoft has never adhered to a standard. Every time > Microsoft has made a program, they have either ignored, or broken the > standard. Very true with MS. It's like working for "that" boss that says do as I say not as I do.
John, the BSD licensing is the reason alone is why I like this situation. It is someone outside of MS's reign that is calling the shots, not MS themselves. 10 bucks says that MS will start to try to heavily influence the ODF format now that they are supporting it. I hope that those who work on it stray away from the main streaming that MS introduces and sticks with the ODF that we have. Just my $.02 - Josh -----Original Message----- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Thompson Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 9:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [discuss] Re: Massachusetts goes to MS Office, but uses OpenDocument Formats On 2006-08-24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Josh wrote: > >> I have to agree with you, while forcing MS to support the format, > Except that Microsoft has never adhered to a standard. Every time > Microsoft has made a program, they have either ignored, or broken the > standard. Except the ODF plugin is open source and BSD-licensed, so if it drifts from the ISO standard for ODF it can easily be forked and brought back in line. -- John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
