On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:05:58 +1000, "Lindsay Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>-------------------------------------------------- >From: "Urbane Tiger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 5:21 PM >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: [users] Re: OOXML > >> >> On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:33:52 -0400, James Knott >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>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. >>>> >>>> >>> >>>This is no rant, but anyone who knows anything about OOXML would never >>>suggest such a thing. From a technical perspective, it's an absolute >>>disaster, the sole purpose of which, is to further MS lockin. >> >> Same goes for USB v Firewire. Can you buy a 500G WD Firewire hard >> disk at the Post Office for $AU179 -- no. Can you buy a 500G WD USB >> hard disk at the Post Office for $AU179 -- yes. >> > >Can someone help me understand this comment? What is the significance of >one, and not the other, being available at the Post Office? There's >obviously something here that I do not know, but probably ought to, so be >kind to me <vbg>. $179 is a good price for a 500GB Western Digital external hard disk, and being available at the post office means it is widely available (unlike lots of cheap stuff, just ask anyone outside of metro areas). One would prefer it come with the far superior Firewire interface, but it comes with the vastly inferior USB interface. I would guess fewer than 10% of new desktop systems have a Firewire (IEEE1394) socket whereas 99.5% have several USB sockets. This was illustration of the "best" is not necessarily the winner. It was also a way of letting folks know that the Aussie post office is a place where bargains are often to be had. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
