On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 11:16 -0400, Joshua Gooding wrote: > > 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.
If MS want to influence ODF's direction, the only way they can do that with any real chance of success is through the OASIS Technical Committee. Since their products don't use ODF as a native format there is not much point in developing an add in that breaks the standard they are trying to be sure of being able to import and export. If they were using ODF internally there would be an argument that they might try to make a version that was enhanced in MS Office or something. I can't see any value in them coding something that "enhances" an exported file that then doesn't behave in OOo. Ian -- www.theINGOTS.org www.schoolforge.org.uk www.opendocumentfellowship.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
