On Sunday 30 September 2007 07:15:36 James Knott wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Saturday 29 September 2007 23:44:30 Jim Hartley wrote: > >> No, M$ does not want to support EVERY FILE FORMAT on the > >> planet, only those they can control and change when it suits > >> their purposes. OOXML was DELIBERATELY written with with > >> ambiguities and vague descriptions so that if someone else > >> DOES try to implement it M$ has lots of room to say, "Oh, no, > >> you're wrong. What we MEANT was ..." > >> > >> All the rest of the file formats, the ones M$ can't control, > >> they will try to undermine by foisting their own > >> not-quite-standard versions on the public. Look at the mess > >> they made of web pages with Internet Exploder and all its > >> non-standard HTML. They tried to do it to Java, too, but they > >> didn't get away with that one. > >> > >> Micro$oft's motto: "If we can't control it, then mess it up so > >> nobody else can use it either. And bring out a new > >> incompatible version every year!" > >> > >> Jim Hartley > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> On Saturday 29 September 2007 23:03:41 Fred A. Miller wrote: > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>>>> On Saturday 29 September 2007 18:48:50 S. A. Gnezdov wrote: > >>>>>> Windows can't support every file format in > >>>>>> the planet. > >>>>> > >>>>> But that is exactly what Microsoft is trying to do. > >>>> > >>>> NOT hardly. ONLY if they're put into a very tight bind do > >>>> they even attempt it. > >>>> > >>>> Fred > >>> > >>> And just how do you know they aren't. Just look at their > >>> track record. > >>> > >>> If they don't want to do exactly what I said they would not > >>> be trying to get OOXML ISO approved. What would be the point? > >>> We already have an ISO approved OpenDocument Format. We do we > >>> need two? > >>> > >>> Microsoft does not want to cooperate with other software > >>> manufactures. Look at all the things we have two of and the > >>> ones that Microsoft made only work on Microsoft but the > >>> others work on all OSs. Does it look like Microsoft is trying > >>> to work with the rest of the software manufactures? Why is > >>> Microsoft the only one that is different? Everyone else uses > >>> the established standards. Microsoft creates their own. > >>> > >>> So, what were you saying? I don't think any one heard you. > > > > You are saying the same thing I am just using different words. > > In an earlier note, you said: > " > > Windows can't support every file format in > > > >>>> the planet. > > >>> > > >>> But that is exactly what Microsoft is trying to do." > > Here's you're saying MS is trying to support every file format in > the world. Later you try to argue that what you're saying is > what others are saying.
Nope your quoting me and another posting and saying that I said both. You need to re-read the entire thread. -- http://24.197.142.167/ See the OpenOffice.org FAQ Microsoft users go to http://www.pclinuxos.com for a great user friendly Linux experience! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
