____/ Ramon F Herrera on Wednesday 14 November 2007 21:55 : \____
> On Nov 14, 5:31 pm, AZ Nomad <aznoma...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:57:31 -0500, amicus_curious <A...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=951&tag=nl.e589
>>
>> zdnet is in bed with microsoft. Nothing they
>> say regarding microsoft versus anybody else is to be taken seriously.
>
> Nomad:
>
> IMHO, that is a wrong reply. If ZDnet says something positive about
> Linux, you will have to eat your words (well, their always the spin
> alternative).
>
> Anyway, here is a better answer. The ODF "Foundation" was formed by
> several individuals with the objective of trying to influence the
> creation of a format with no business interests whatsoever.
>
> Their aim was laudable, and the ODF-F was the only group which
> represented the consumer while not being "infected" by those pesky
> corporate interests.
>
> The ODF *format* is healthier than ever, with a strong backing of many
> influential companies, governments and other organizations around the
> world. It is an ISO standard, a status that OOXML aspires to reach
> some day.
>
> Microsoft knows pretty well that the days of *.doc and *.xls are over,
> and now the struggle is to decide who is going to provide the software
> to convert the billions of documents in those obsolescent format?
> Microsoft refuses to release the specs of those older formats. Hmm, I
> wonder what Commisioner Neely Kroes has to say about such arrogant
> refusal?
>
> -Ramon
It's not ZDNet (although they have too many Microsoft bloggers). In this case,
it's Mary Jo Foley and she got SLAMMED in so many places for this
disinformation. Go around the Web and find out what they said about her post
(this particular one). She depends on Microsoft for a living.
--
~~ Best of wishes
Microsoft loves competition.
"Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to
everything it touches."
--Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO
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