On Monday 01 October 2007 09:45:05 Richard Travers wrote: > 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
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