Re: Sun Is Losing Its Way

[Andrew C. Oliver]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

<clip>
I don't really want or need to see Microsoft's code. What I
would like to see is their file formats, protocols and APIs being
documented
so that other developers, open-source or otherwise, can interoperate and
compete with their products
<clip>
I agree!!

We're working on it, we're working on it... (
1. http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/poifs/fileformat.html
2. http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/hssf/chart.html
3. http://sc.openoffice.org/excelfileformat.pdf
)
Maybe you should lend us a hand.

Conor MacNeill <conor@cortexebusine To: Jakarta General List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ss.com.au> cc: Subject: Re: Sun Is Losing Its Way 12/10/02 08:26 AM Please respond to Jakarta General List



[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Micael,

I am sorry that you think of yourself as one to be believed as
dim-witted, because I know that I never inferred anything of the sort. Do
you have some issues you would like to talk about?. Isn't it ironic how
everyone continues bash MicroSoft because they make such horrible

products,

yet everyone wanted the sourcecode released. If it is such garbage, why
would anyone want it??? <clip> God, some people! <clip>
As for my comments being worth the time saying, you and James did

read

them and feel a need to respond. So maybe they were worth it after all.

Personally, I don't really want or need to see Microsoft's code. What I
would like to see is their file formats, protocols and APIs being
documented
so that other developers, open-source or otherwise, can interoperate and
compete with their products. Then I can choose to use or not to use
Microsoft products as I please.

I'd also like to see all that provided royalty free and unencumbered by
patents, submarine or otherwise. I haven't really flirted with the whole
C#/.NET thing but this seems to remain a question mark over Mono and even
the ECMA standardization.

Anyway, back to more pleasant dreams ...

Conor



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