** Reply to message from Randall Shimizu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 22 May 2008 09:23:45 -0700 (PDT)
> There is nothing to prevent MS from ending support for ODF. There is nothing in the fiber that is Microsoft which will allow them to promote a competitive platform in any way which will deminish their position with one of their two monopolies. In this case it is Microsoft Office. A well implemented ODF supporting version of MS Office will harm their control of that product by validating the ODF file format. ODF is out of their control and therefore a threat to their 2nd largest revenue stream, MS Office. And the story linked says how they plan to burn the users and color ODF as a difficult to use and incapable file format. I can only guess but maybe Sun's ODF plugin is getting traction and they know people will take what's handed to them instead of what is the best for them. This gives them back control of what the users ODF experience is and again, the groklaw article explains their motives. Also, Sun's plugin supports all versions of MS Office back to MS Office 2000. That is a threat to sales of MS Office 2007. Doug -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
