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Two Open Document Standards Better Than One?
tsa writes "Microsoft says that the consumers should have the choice between multiple open standards for documents." From the article: "Microsoft's Yates said that OpenDocument and Open XML come from very different design points. 'In the future at some point there will be convergence,' he said. In the near term, the transition period from proprietary document formats to Open XML-based ones will be 'messy and complex,' he added. 'Competition between standards we believe is a very good thing.'"
Ha! I never thought I'd hear from Microlimp that competition is good.
I guess that when they're behind, they don't mind the taste of crow.
Yep, I never spell check.
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Microsoft was initially completely opposed to an open document standard.
When they realized that the market would turn against them they
decided that they would put forward their own open document standart.
If they win this battle for establishing the standard then, after
it gains wide acceptance, they can start to close it back up with
proprietary "enhancements".
Anyone that trusts Microsoft to establish an open standard of any
sort needs a checkup from the neckup. While its too much to expect,
Microsoft, and anyone beholden to
Microsoft, should not even be allowed to participate on open standards committees.
Interesting? How? Why? I know this and guess what, I DONT USE WINDOWS!
The parent clearly does not no how to use Windows. All one must do to remedy this is:
1) uninstall MS Office
or
2) right click on the document you want to open in ooo, click "open with", click "always open with" checkbox, select open office, and click ok.
Seriously, how is this interesting at all?