On Oct 10, 2008, at 8:11 PM, jonathon wrote:
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 07:17, Douglas St.Clair wrote:
documents are exported the ability to strip ligatures from copies
of the documents that are going to people whose software doesn't
support ligatures also needs to be considered.
Maybe that is how microsoft plans to embrace, extend, and then
extinguish ODF.
OTOH, since they can neither create software that conforms to the
internally created specifications, nor create software that conforms
to external published standards, the odds of them being able to
successfully extend ODF by incorporating ligature support correctly
are minimal.
MS has the capacity to meet specifications but they don't instead they
have been ever so purposeful in using them for their own exclusive
benefit.
MS isn't unique in this regard. The industry is rife with this sort of
behavior. I remember a vendor who shall remain nameless. Their 8 track
magnetic tape units had a specification which stated the data would be
written 10" from the BOT (beginning of tape marker - a reflective
strip of tape), but they actually started writing 6" after the BOT.
One vendor who made a compatible tape drive learned this after they
had written and installed the firmware in their production units that
were written to the specification as published. The fix required a
major investment in engineering new hardware, firmware, and field
service retrofitting units in the field as well as units in production
plus the retrofitting of boards in production. When pressed the first
vendor said, "Oops, looks like a typo in the spec sorry."
--
St. Doug, Tigger and Puppy in our memory.
Tir na nOg
Wilton, NH USA
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