__/ [ [H]omer ] on Wednesday 16 May 2007 23:20 \__
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> Microsoft attacks IBM over ODF
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Darren Strange, senior product manager for Microsoft Office 2007,
>> | told ZDNet UK on Wednesday: "The difference in view is that [IBM]
>> | are espousing 'one standard fits all', which is hard for us.
>> `----
>>
>> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39287024,00.htm
>
> Really? I thought it was because ODF didn't facilitate customer lock-in
> to MS Office, but maybe I missed something.
Maybe Microsoft can 'enhance' ODF in some way to facilitate DRM and lockins.
Sarcasm, of course. They did this to E-mail, with Exchange... Samba...
DirectX... HTML... now they are gunning for PDF, JPEG and Flash... the list
goes on and on.
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