On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:11:43 +1300 Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here's some more real information from the horse's mouth (as apposed to > hot air and general drivel from /. & Co). > > http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/ > > In particular, > http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/faq_opensource.html > http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/faq.html > > Some of the text probably came from opensuse people ( > http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2006-11/msg00015.html > http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2006-11/msg00021.html > ) but some of it looks more like it came from the marketroids. > > Volker > > -- > Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header > http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me. "Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches" "Our goal is to try to educate people on what it means to protect intellectual property and pay for it properly" Steve Ballmer Chicago Sun-Times May 2001. "We also understand the need for Linux desktop systems to provide compatibility with Microsoft Office file formats. By supporting Office Open XML in OpenOffice.org, and by contributing to efforts to translate between ODF and Office Open XML, we will achieve better interoperability between Linux and Windows desktop systems. This will allow more businesses to choose Linux desktops freely." Says it all really. Openoffice will be updated to read Microsoft docs, but not the other way round. Totally incompatible. Spin doctors 'R us. Time will tell. Steve
