Has anyone considered the following plan of attack? MS XML contains most of its vital stuff in a binary file, probably identical to the previous MS Office file formats, virus-friendly. Very virus-friendly, to the degree that Hotmail automatically scans ever such file they are asked to transmit. Liability laws perhaps?
Perhaps the Massachussetts government naysayers could be asked to ponder the responsibilties of government in the light of the security vulnerabilities that the MS XML file format exposes? Bearing in mind that it is a possibility that severe criminal pernalties may attach to adopting file formats that gratuitously expose constituents to control of their IT resources by malicious entities? ODF is XML all the way up - MS XML is partly binary. And the binary formats mentioned, have a history of insecurity and malware ease of abuse. Any Massachussetts citizens on this mailing list? Here's your cue to call your government representatives and give them an earful of righteous indignation. Wesley Parish On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 06:21, Ian Lynch wrote: > On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 11:56 -0500, kipster wrote: > > uh oh... > > > > http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2110&tag=nl.e589 > > Even if MS succeed in blocking MA, its only one battle not the war. > Its rather surprising that the first battle of this type actually sprang > up in the USA. I can see many non-US governments adopting ODF and on a > bigger scale than in MA. > > Look at the publicity we have gained for ODF that was not there before. > Just keep up the controversy, we can't lose. -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.
