I really wonder why it is that all one has to do is say "Microsoft" on any Apache thread and they get 100 responses. I wonder if it works that way on whatever-microsoft-related-lists are out there.
-Andy On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 18:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 3 May 2002, Michael McCallum wrote: > > > > I do that because I believe standards are essential - even if > > > 'simpler' pet-solutions exist. Standards are the only way to > > > get people to work togheter - and DocBook, HTML, XSLT are > > > the standards. > > > > > Microsoft did not get where it was by using standards. It created > > things which were easy for people to use and they became the de facto > > standards. > > Microsoft get where it is in part because various Unix vendors > created their own competing OS versions and tried to become > the de facto standard. Most attempts to create 'de facto standards' > that compete with an existing standard do fail, even for Microsoft. > > > > Costin > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- http://www.superlinksoftware.com http://jakarta.apache.org/poi - port of Excel/Word/OLE 2 Compound Document format to java http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4487555.html - fix java generics! The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote. -Ambassador Kosh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
