Microsoft to Open up Office Formats

Been on TV writes to tell us that Microsoft is expected to announce on Tuesday the opening of their Office file formats, according to Financial Times. From the article: "Microsoft will submit its Office file formats to Ecma International, the standards body, which will develop the documentation and make it available to the industry. The move is being supported by a number of organizations including Apple Computer, Barclays Capital, BP, Intel and Toshiba."

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Re:Let me be the first to say...

[SnprBoB86]

Sorry, you're far from the first :-)

Trusting MSFT is like trusting Bush

[HangingChad]

You know they're lying but you're not going to find out about it until later. It's going to be structured to be a good deal for them and their buddies and a bad deal for anyone else. And we're all going to end up taking it up the butt at some point.

I don't trust MSFT and never will and don't believe anything Bush says anymore. Bully and lie to people long enough and your credibility is hosed permanently.

I'm tired of "smelly"

[twitter]

oh well, who wants to support smelly hippies anyway.

Not me, that's for sure. Smelly people because they are pathologically inconsiderate and a public health hazard.

For those too lazy or scared for their wimpy browser to click through, here's the relevant dope on Bill Gates:

The photo [a mug shot] also unintentionally captures classic Gates: completely wrecked hair, terrible looking clothes, generally slovenly appearance, and two glazed eyes staring out past thick glasses. This image changed very little over the bulk of Gates' career, with the shower taps running at much less frequency than the money taps. It should also be noted that this isn't some heaping of sour grapes from the gutter staring up at Bill's mountain of success; throughout the time he has been known in public, Bill's dedication to all-nighters and in-the-trenches energy ensured a number of high-profile press conferences and demonstrations where his lack of hygiene became as breathtaking as the product being demonstrated.

"Breathtaking", that's a nice way to say both he and his wares stink.

I'm going to take my daily bath now. That, brushing my teeth and applying anti-perspirent takes less than half an hour a day. It's also very cheap. I do it for the children and everyone else.

Come to think of it, I've never met a Linux user who did smell. Can we please bury this silly stereotype that Bill Gates has projected onto his enemies? It's almost as bad as a MSWord attachment to email.