* netcat peremptorily fired off this memo:
> On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:10:48 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> World's Hottest Tech Markets Voted Against Microsoft OOXML
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>> | Brazil, India, and China, which together count for more than a third
>> | of the world's population, all voted against Office Open XML last
>> | week.
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> "ODF is a standard and people like it, so if we make OOXML a standard
> people will like OOXML, too".
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> Wrong. :)
>
> MS has totally missed the point.
Comment from
http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/enterpriseapps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207001577
ODF is a cogent well designed standard. OOXML is an an unimplemented
artificial patchwork of overlapping specifications. It's very nature
- it's overlapping and redundant commands. will result in 3rd part
applications being confused by how a document should be represented.
As such - open or not OOXML will continue to make sure that only
Office products will reliably open documents in that format.
Then
OOXML is a very good standard. The real issue is that most of you
can't get past the Microsoft part. I would wager that you would
accept an inferior standard so long as it was not Microsoft.
Deal.
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As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower
others.
-- Bill Gates
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