On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:27:39 +1200, Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:06:20 +1000 >Urbane Tiger wrote: > >> Now that OOXML has been accepted by the ISO as a standard can we >> expect OOo will adopt it its the preferred format. >> >> Please no rants - there are plenty of soapboxes that are very much >> more visble to the world at large than is this mailing list. >> > >Actually if you knew the issues you would know how stupid this question >really is. > * ISO accreditation will put OOXML on a par with ODF, not above it. > * ISO accreditation for OOXML is not finalised. > * OOXML is not finalised. > * Office 2007 XML (.docx etc.) is not OOXML. > * The Default format in OO.o can be set by the user. > * Sun, the developers, many governments and most OO.o users see ODF as >a better format for Office files. Micheal everything you say is true, and I am in accordance with your sympathies, but its not a perfect world. Most contributors to this forum live in democratic, capitalist societies; Churchill said something like - it maybe a lousy system but its the best we have. If you don't believe it read "Under Two Dictators: Prisoner of Stalin and Hitler" by Margarete Buber-Neumann, or ask a Tibetan and an Iranian. As for which is best I have already drawn attention to Firewire v USB, where the Intel backed USB won the day. But take heart, back in the 80's we had Token Ring v Ethernet, TR was a far superior technology. I just did a shopping engine search - 500+ ethernet adapters, 0 token ring adapters. Who was the major backer of TR, IBM, on that occasion the minnows, Xerox-Parc & DEC, won. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
