Microsoft Pledges Conditional Support for ODF

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday July 17, 2007 @01:51AM from the you-can't-say-grudging-respect-without-grudge dept.

Macthorpe writes "BetaNews is reporting that Microsoft has announced in a letter that they will support ODF as a format option, if it doesn't 'restrict choice among formats'. Citing their lack of opposition to the ratification of ODF as a standard, they go on to say: 'ODF's design may make it attractive to those users that are interested in a particular level of functionality in their productivity suite or developers who want to work that format. Open XML may be more attractive to those who want richer functionality [...] This is not to say that one is better than the other — just that they meet different needs in the marketplace.'"

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Microsoft "richness" by mw13068 · 2007-07-17 02:00 · Score: 5, Interesting

Is it just me, or do other people feel like gagging every time someone at Microsoft says something is "rich," has "richness," "rich user experience," etc.

It's like eating a whole stick of butter with mayonnaise to dip it in. MS "richness" can't be good for you.

*hurls into the wastebasket*