__/ [ AB ] on Thursday 05 April 2007 06:38 \__
> On 2007-04-05, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>> __/ [ AB ] on Wednesday 04 April 2007 19:05 \__
>>
>
>>> The more they isolate themselves from the rest of the world through
>>> lack of interoperability and adherence to standards, the more they
>>> ensure they stay on the north side of the point of no return.
>>
>>
>> http://www.os2site.com/sw/info/comes/px09509.zip
>>
>> MS: "For example, we should take the lead in establishing a common
>> approach to UI and to interoperability (of which OLE is only a part). Our
>> efforts to date are focussed too much on our own apps, and only
>> incidentally on the rest of the industry. We want to own these standards,
>> so we should not participate in standards groups. Rather, we should call
>> 'to me' to the industry and set a standard that works now and is for
>> everyone's benefit. We are large enough that this can work."
>
> Too bad (for them) those days are over. Some day they'll know it. By
> then it'll be far too late for them to try to overcome it, or to join
> the bandwagon they missed.
You mean ODF? It's only the beginning. But I'm sure that Bill and Melinda
will speak to as many politicians as they can in order to get OOXML (the
'monopoly enabler') honoured in some places. Adopt OOXML or we will let your
children die from hunger...
My statement above, while partly sarcastic, is partly backed by facts that I
will happily provide. There is a lot of political manoeeuvre and money)
involved in what should be a process whereby true and valid standards are
accepted.
--
~~ Best wishes
everytime you say things like this i just think of that cult of people
who send around .doc files. i dont want to communicate with people who
talk in .doc format, but they do not wish to use something else, so
they discredit those without word. --Ed, c.o.l.a.
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