On Friday 31 August 2007 14:36:26 Frank Cox wrote: > > Especially regarding government projects. Once M$ OXML > > becomes a standard it COULD mean that all government bodies/departments > > in that particular country MUST use 'the standard' in their office > > productivity applications, in this case of course M$ Office apps. > > No. ODF is an ISO standard that is easy for just about everyone (meaning > programmers, integrators and consultants) to work with. OOXML is not easy > to work with, for anyone. So, ISO standard or not, nobody is going to > "voluntarily" use OOXML in their application based on its technical merit. > > A tender may call for files to be stored in ISO standard formats. Dandy. > ODF meets the tendered specification.
Frank, you are very honest and naive (it's a compliment, really). I like you. Once it has become ISO standard, the tender can say: 'must meet ISO standard'. Then since M$ OXML is one of the standard, M$ will then only need to 'approach' the project manager/s. By becoming a standard, it would open additional door for it's dirty business. -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | Linux tutorial http://linux2.arinet.org 14:40:47 up 7:05, 2.6.20-16-generic GNU/Linux Let's use OpenOffice. http://www.openoffice.org
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