On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 12:57 +0000, Ian Lynch wrote: > On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 12:19 +0100, Michael Brauer wrote: > > Ian, > > > > Ian Lynch wrote: > > > On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 09:52 +0100, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann - Software > > > Engineer - Sun Microsystems wrote: > > > > > >> This project will increase the visibility of OOo through the ODF and > > >> will strengthen the position of the OOo community as the experts in ODF. > > >> Thus, a big +1 from me. > > > > > > There is also a downside to this in that the real benefit of ODF over MS > > > OOXML is that its seen to be multi-application. If the image is > > > projected that ODF is effectively controlled by OpenOffice.org (or > > > worse, Sun) and not OASIS, it will significantly weaken that advantage. > > > > First of all, ODF is of cause controlled by OASIS, and the proposal does > > not aim to change that. > > I know that. I'm not trying to say otherwise, just be aware that other > people will be likely to take what is said and twist it to their own > ends. I'm on your side, its just I get into regular political debates on > these subjects and I know the type of misinformation that gets passed > around. A lot of people still don't understand the d
Ooops :-) forgot to finish, meant to say A lot of people still don't understand the difference between an open source application and a closed source application in terms of the control conferred to the owner. Cheers :-) Ian -- www.theINGOTS.org www.schoolforge.org.uk www.opendocumentfellowship.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
