__/ [ Linonut ] on Friday 04 May 2007 18:55 \__
> After takin' a swig o' grog, NoStop belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> Doug Mentohl wrote:
>>
>>> 'Whether a standard qualifies as ?open? has nothing to do with the type
>>> of software used to implement that standard. It is equally possible for
>>> an open standard to be implemented in proprietary software as it is in
>>> OSS'
>>
>>
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/3/8/43839851-BF75-4EAB-8C01-18B41851DA7B/GIP_OpenStds.doc
>>
>> Then why the fuck doesn't Microsoft do that, instead of putting out their
>> bullshit in a "doc" file?
>
> You mean a "docx" file, a new format that seems to bother some
> organizations.
It's viral. Upgrade or stay out of the circle (or get some plugin, which only
works with Office). Novell's Windows 'fork' of OpenOffice is no good here.
Poor translation.
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