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de lcaza calls OOXML a "Superb Standard"

Posted by kdawson on from the say-it-ain't-so-miguel dept.

you-bet-it's-not-out-of-context writes "A blogger on KDE Developer's Journal has found an interesting post by Miguel de Icaza, the founder of GNOME and Mono, in a Google group dedicated to the discussion of his blog entries. Six days ago Miguel stated that 'OOXML is a superb standard and yet, it has been FUDed so badly by its competitors that serious people believe that there is something fundamentally wrong with it.' In the same post he says that to avoid patent problems over Silverlight, when using or developing Mono's implementation (known as Moonlight), i's best to 'get/download Moonlight from Novell which will include patent coverage.'"

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  1. Miguel's just doing what's best for himself... by Eggplant62 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ... he's doing his master's bidding and getting paid. That's all he likely cares about.

  2. Re:What damage has he done? by jcr · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Well, fuck you too.

    Now that we've exchanged formalities, got a point to make, or are you just here to reduce the signal/noise ratio?

    -jcr

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    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
  3. Re:KDE by Randle_Revar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Fluxbox is an acceptable WM to use until you come to understand the greatness that is wmii ;-)

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    Climate Progress - Hell and High Water