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

John Myshrall jmyshrall-6duGhz7i8susTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org
Fri May 23 11:43:14 UTC 2008


Zbigniew Koziol wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 6:47 PM, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>   
>> Mel Wilson wrote:
>>     
>>> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 09:42:17PM -0400, James Knott wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> It's nice to see Microsoft finally supporting ODF.  Not only are they
>>>>> supporting it, but doing so before OOXML will be supported!
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/may08/05-21ExpandedFormatsPR.mspx
>>>>>
>>>>> There have been several other news articles today reporting on this.
>>>>>  Check groklaw.net for links.
>>>>>           
>>>> If they ever actually show it in a working state, then I will believe
>>>> it.  Until then, it's just a distraction.  Nothing more.
>>>>         
>>> I rather think it's their only hope.  According to latest two articles in
>>> the blog "An Antic Disposition" <http://www.robweir.com/blog/> even OOXML
>>> can't be shown in a working state.
>>>
>>>       
>> I suspect, or at least hope, that with that and:
>> 1) EU pressure
>> 2) Outrage over OOXML & ISO
>> 3) Customer pressure
>> they've realized the time has come to properly support ODF.
>>     
>
> I would not be so optimistic.
>
> As Lennart noticed, they will use every opportunity to mess up with a
> standard. ODF is a relatively new standard and, as such, certainly has
> logical flows embeded there. Any problem with ODF they will likely use
> for their own advantage.
>
> While OOXML possibly has been created just for reverting attention
> from ODF project. Possible? Yes. If to believe in various opinions
> about its complexity, it is likely that they do not know themself yet
> how to implement it.
>
> zb.
>   
>> Just watch out for the flying pigs!  ;-)
>>
>>     
Embrace, extend and extinguish comes to mind. It deja vu all over again. 
With so many watching hopefully they don't even try it.

John

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