There's a couple of articles in the latest Computerworld NZ magazine,
where Brett Roberts from Microsoft and Don Christie from NZOSS discuss
the OOXML document format.
Brett Roberts, for OOXML: http://tinyurl.com/2uxebu
Don Christie, against OOXML: http://tinyurl.com/2sxpt3
The articles themselves are interesting, but what I found fascinating
was the difference in writing styles between the two protagonists
(assuming they wrote the responses themselves). Brett Roberts used
rather more vague, PR-style prose:
"The OOXML specification empowers developers to create a host of new
innovations for customers."
whereas Don Christie was more straight-forward in his responses:
"[If OOXML is rejected as a global standard, what will it mean for
businesses and the public?] Nothing much."
I guess it points to the different backgrounds and environments the two
come from. Brett probably came from a marketing background, and Don
probably was (or still is) a programmer or some such. I could be (read:
probably am) wrong.
I thought it was interesting, anyway :)
David
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