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  1. Monopoly is obstructing innovation again on New OpenOffice.org-Based Office Suite · · Score: 1

    Even all the new vendors of the office suite choose XML as the standard, they have difficulties break through the market, as most of the documents in the world are still coded in obsolete format.

  2. Re:Every worker his own suite! on New OpenOffice.org-Based Office Suite · · Score: 1

    The XML-variant is going to win. It is coded in ascii. It is standardised on XML. It is easier to figure out what it contains. More applications, applications not just on office, will be developed on it.

  3. We already have that on NASA Still Trying to Verify Anti-Gravity Claims · · Score: 1

    Magnetic Levitation Train.

  4. Start saving all your documents in plain text, on RMS: Putting an End to Word Attachments · · Score: 1

    html or xml. Just to prevent Word becomes the de facto standard. In a long time to come, when Word becomes very complicated, your old documents may not be able to read by any application, not even by Word itself. With html, even better xml, you are able to extract its contents and forget about the formatters. Unless, your old documents are not important. It is sad to see that people are still using secret format.

  5. Re:Yes, it is unfortunate. on RMS: Putting an End to Word Attachments · · Score: 1

    Because if Word is to become a de facto standard. In a long time to come, when it becomes very complicated, your old documents may not be able to read by any application, not even by Word itself. With html, even better xml, you are able to extract its contents and forget about the formatters. Unless, your old documents are not important. It is sad to see that people are still using secret format.

  6. Re:This will distort the market real demand on Belgium: A Computer in Every Home · · Score: 1

    and force everyone to have the Windows which they don't want, if it is decided to standardise on Windows eventually. The alternative, perhaps is to have the computers dual boots, triple ....

  7. binary compabitibility on U.S. Playstation 2 Linux Hits the Streets. · · Score: 1

    It is not an IA32 cpu. Most programes need to be recomplied. Note that it come with gcc.