I know it's off topic, but...

[Evan Leibovitch]

phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org wrote:
>> For a more sinister view, consider that the MS version of ODF export and
>> import is seriously broken. That would give ODF a bad name, right?
>>     
No, it would just prove (again) that MS ships broken software. Right now
the company is already known for trying to kill ODF (or at least blunt
its success) at every stage, so users are watching for further attempts
by MS to discredit ODF and nobody will be fooled into thinking that MS
did its best to make it work.

Faking -- then breaking -- compatibility would simply get people angry
... perhaps angry enough to consider alternative implementations of ODF
that aren't broken and that don't try to fool their customers. And if
people consider the OOo interface to sophomoric, there's now the option
of eye-candified Symphony from IBM.

(Does this mean that OOo -- in the form of its Symphony mutation -- is
the newest generation of Lotus 1-2-3?
"What is Lotus 1-2-3" is not an acceptable answer...)

- Evan


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