You have a good point there, didn't think of it that way round, but will M$ actually release their document format completely, they have never been known to be open with any of their stuff.
Chris On 8/18/08, Michael Pelletier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would think that this would be better news than trying to play catch-up > with undocumented features, bugs, conversion problems, and > forward-incompatability in Microsoft document formats every two years. > > With OOXML an ISO standard, it should now be possible to write an editor > that is absolutely 100% compatible with Office 2007 documents, with no pesky > compatability or rendering quirks, right? > > It's not like Microsoft was ever going to fully adopt ODF, in any case - > they're Microsoft, after all. IBM should know that personally, given their > experience with OS/2. > > -Michael Pelletier. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 10:10 AM > To: Greater NH Linux User Group > Subject: not good news for ODF :( > > http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/08/15/ap5329380.html > > -- > IBA #15631 > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > > > -- IBA #15631 _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
