On Sun, 2005-09-04 at 09:52 -0400, Jason Faulkner wrote: > Here is another article that gives an MS spin. *We need to be in this > discussion, as the defenders of ODF!* > > http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170700325 > > "Microsoft will not support OpenDocument in its next version of Office > 12<http://www.crn.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=166401171&flatPage=true>because > it is an inferior file format
Even if this was true, it doesn't matter if its the industry standard. The IBM PC with DOS was an inferior offereing to many other microcomputer designs at the time but it was adopted because there was an open hardware architecture and industry standard. The same is true of ODF. > and is not compatible with older > versions of Office, So do an upgrade for Office XP to make it compatible. OOo did this with 1.1.5 so why can't MS? They are not exactly short of resources to do it. Why not give customers what they want rather than just try and lock out competition? > one Microsoft executive said this week after the report > was released." -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMSL --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
