Re: [LUAU] Did Microsoft give up?

2008-03-01 Thread Jim Thompson
On Feb 29, 2008, at 3:32 PM, R. Scott Belford wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: On Feb 29, 2008, at 1:46 PM, Clifton Royston wrote: Sure, it's a new verse to the tune of that old song "Embrace and extend." I always thought the song was titled, "Embrace, extend and extinguish", but perhaps thats j

Re: [LUAU] Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-29 Thread R. Scott Belford
Jim Thompson wrote: On Feb 29, 2008, at 1:46 PM, Clifton Royston wrote: Sure, it's a new verse to the tune of that old song "Embrace and extend." I always thought the song was titled, "Embrace, extend and extinguish", but perhaps thats just how the chorus goes. The funniest thing was watc

Re: [LUAU] Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-29 Thread Jim Thompson
On Feb 29, 2008, at 1:46 PM, Clifton Royston wrote: On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 01:40:15PM -1000, Jim Thompson wrote: ... See also this hairball. Does anyone wish to attempt to decode what he's said here: STEVE BALLMER: We are continuing to pursue the standardization of Open XML through the IS

Re: [LUAU] Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-29 Thread Clifton Royston
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 01:40:15PM -1000, Jim Thompson wrote: ... > See also this hairball. Does anyone wish to attempt to decode what > he's said here: > > STEVE BALLMER: We are continuing to pursue the standardization of Open > XML through the ISO process. It's certainly consistent with the

Re: [LUAU] Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-29 Thread Jim Thompson
From Microsoft press conference announcing “new interoperability principles” last week: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/feb08/02-21ConCallTranscript.mspx BRAD SMITH: This is Brad Smith. I'd offer a couple of thoughts. First, we're not announcing any change today with respe

Re: [LUAU] Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-22 Thread Jim Thompson
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Re: [LUAU] Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-22 Thread Jim Thompson
EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LUAU] Did Microsoft give up? On Feb 21, 2008, at 7:20 AM, NetOpsCenter wrote: Aloha, I just saw on TV news that Micro$oft has announced that it is opening its code for development of its operating system. Does this mean the Open Source Community has proved itself the bes

Re: [LUAU] Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-21 Thread Jim Thompson
On Feb 21, 2008, at 9:16 AM, Clifton Royston wrote: On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 07:20:44AM -1000, NetOpsCenter wrote: Aloha, I just saw on TV news that Micro$oft has announced that it is opening its code for development of its operating system. Does this mean the Open Source Community has proved

Re: [LUAU] Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-21 Thread Clifton Royston
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 07:20:44AM -1000, NetOpsCenter wrote: > Aloha, > > I just saw on TV news that Micro$oft has announced that it is opening > its code for development of its operating system. > Does this mean the Open Source Community has proved itself the best way > to go? Given that Bi

Re: [LUAU] Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-21 Thread Jim Thompson
On Feb 21, 2008, at 7:20 AM, NetOpsCenter wrote: Aloha, I just saw on TV news that Micro$oft has announced that it is opening its code for development of its operating system. Does this mean the Open Source Community has proved itself the best way to go? No. Its more "get the EU off ou

Re: [LUAU] Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-21 Thread Clifton Royston
Al: Please do not cross-post thread-starting questions to a number of unconnected mailing lists. I'll reply to you on LUAU. All: Please trim your replies, as I will be doing following this warning. -- Clifton -- Clifton Royston -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Presid

[LUAU] Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-21 Thread NetOpsCenter
Aloha, I just saw on TV news that Micro$oft has announced that it is opening its code for development of its operating system. Does this mean the Open Source Community has proved itself the best way to go? ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http: