Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Wikis Go Printable
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The third stage, planned for mid-2008, will be the addition of the
>| OpenDocument format for word processors to the list of export
>| formats. "Imagine that you want to use a set of wiki articles in the
>| classroom. By supporting the OpenDocument format, we will make it easy for
>| educators to customize and remix content before printing and distributing it
>| from any desktop computer," Sue Gardner explained. This work is funded
>| through a US$40,000 grant by the Open Society Institute.
> `----
>
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikis_Go_Printable
This is disruption, and very much about how the new world will replace
the old. The ODF/OOXML debate is rather pointless, it just doesn't
matter. Nobody will be adopting OOXML, because it's proprietary.
>
> Major Aussie ISP Telstra BigPond shafts open source OpenOffice
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Australia?s largest Internet service provider Telstra BigPond has removed the
>| free open source office suite OpenOffice from its unmetered file download
>| area following the launch of its own, free, hosted, office application,
>| BigPond Office.
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| Our reader was outraged by Telstra?s move, which he sees as an attack on the
>| open source software movement.
>|
>| ?The principle of the matter upsets me,? he said. ?The fact that BigPond has
>| removed previously allowed open source software is un-ethical. They are
>| discriminating against me, even though I pay the same as other customers.
>| They are attacking the Free Software movement.?
> `----
>
> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure
> %20/2007/12/18/major-aussie-isp-telstra-bigpond-shafts-open-source-openoffice/
Attempting to decommoditise is unlikely to be successful, but will
certainly upset customers. If Telstra have spent lots of money in
developing a proprietary office suite in the present environment, I
suggest that they look for some new management.
--
| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
| Cola faq: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/linux/advocacy/faq-and-primer/ |
| Cola trolls: http://colatrolls.blogspot.com/ |
| My (new) blog: http://www.thereisnomagic.org |
|
|
