In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. I think what is being said is that Microsoft want every file format on the planet to be a Microsoft file format. R -- Richard Travers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Truro, Cornwall --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
