Microsoft trying to quash OpenDocument

[Francois Ouellette]

M$ did not win the City of Munich deal even if their offer was lower than
the one that got selected. Brazil also took a strong position about not
getting trapped by M$ and their bullying marketing practices.

The real debate is about long-term benefits of using or not using
proprietary technologies. The .doc and OpenDocument issue does not seem to
me like the real issue. The real issue is about the choice between being
forced to spend millions every few years to upgrade proprietary systems or
leave proprietary standards and decide how much we want to spend and when to
upgrade the technology.  That's where many public organizations around the
world are today, and this movement will only get more momentum every day,
despite anything M$ will try doing. That means hundreds of millions of $$$
less in M$ coffres every day. This is the real issue! Money speaks...

  François Ouellette
<fouellet-cpI+UMyWUv9BDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org>



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