On Fri, May 08, 2009 21:21:57 PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > If we found a place where the actual standard or the proposed one > > is lacking, and MS has implemented it in some different way than > > OO, then yes, as long as the standard (or a draft) is not defined, > > copying MS will be the wiser thing to do.
To whoever wrote this (Dotan, can you add an attribution line please?) Copying Microsoft would be the dumbest, wrongest thing to do. The point is to put an end to the very principle that one single private company can make the law on what such a basic file format (or its contents) can or cannot be like. If you waste time copying Microsoft once, you'll never stop because they'll change something else next year just to keep you running into a loop. Is this really so hard to understand, especially considering that is exactly what they have done for +15 years? ODF came out just to make them stop playing that game through their own formats. If you allow them to replay the same game inside ODF, it's perfectly useless to have put together ODF in the first place. All the rest of this thread is just details. Marco -- Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how software is used *around* you: http://digifreedom.net/node/84 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
