On 31/03/2012, Andreas Säger <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am 30.03.2012 12:28, Tom Davies wrote:
>>
>>
>> --- On Fri, 30/3/12, Ian Lynch<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>
>> It seems Microsoft is lobbying the UK Cabinet office for OOXML in place of
>> odf
>> http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/public-sector/2012/03/microsoft-redeploys-ooxml-in-o.html
>>
>> Anyone that has a point of view can respond to the consultation at
>> http://consultation.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/openstandards/how-to-respond/
>>
>> The more that state odf is the choice if we want proper open standards the
>> better so please publicise on relevant lists.
>
> Who cares? OOXML is a standard and I've heard of some compatible
> freeware. I think it was named Liber Office or something ...
>

Nice irony. :)

The consultation document itself was created using LO34, yet
classified with the government organisation as a "word template"! This
proves the strategic fallacy of using LO as an m$ clone to create m$
documents. As long as users are encouraged to create m$ documents
using LO, m$ will remain dominant.

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