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Microsoft Reaches Out To Blender
dmbasso writes "Continuing its strategy to support FOSS application on the Windows platform, Microsoft mailed the Blender developers asking how they could help improve the experience of Blender users on Windows. Groklaw puts it in perspective using Steve Ballmer's own words."
Will it Blend?
I'm gonna fucking kill yo... err... how can I help your project?
Blender for Windows is closed source?
Does Microsoft blend?
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09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 is the magic number.
1. Get your "Open" standard recognised
2. Get other companies to use your standard
3. ????
4. Profit
But in all seriousness, this is the next logical progression for the OOXML beast. They wouldn't have gone to the trouble of ramrodding OOXML through the standards process if they weren't going to try and leverage it somehow outside of being able to say they have an open standard. Using OOXML would cripple a multi-platform application, but that's not their problem. They've -always- tried to force people into their rut and they've been quite successful at it in the past. I just don't think they "get" that developers aren't going to shoot themselves in the foot by using OOXML.
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Yes, I agree, going on their track record and recent statements by Ballmer himself, Microsoft is "reaching out" to Blender, much in the same way that step one to strangling someone is reaching out your hands...
Demanding constant attention will only lead to attention.
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Shouldn't that be GNU/three dimensions?
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You've clearly never seen how much time and effort new mothers put into teaching their babies to breast feed. It's difficult enough that most hospitals offer classes.
I know, I was surprised too.
So much for intuitive interfaces.
They catch on pretty quickly. But yeah, I was surprised by the need for classes too. Lactation nurse! If you ever meet a male lactation nurse, I hope they've undergone a background check.
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It's under the File/Save menu, the same as a billion other applications.
If you struggled with that, I'm not surprised you had trouble with using the rest of Blender.
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