Mark Kent wrote:
> Peter Köhlmann <peter.koehlmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Mark Kent wrote:
>>
>>> Peter Köhlmann <peter.koehlmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> Mark Kent wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>>>>>> On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:53:51 +0100,
>>>>>> Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>>>>> ____/ Jim Richardson on Sunday 30 September 2007 05:47 : \____
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When OOrg on the distro you use can support ooxml, does that mean
>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>> are locked it?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, it does, and as I keep pointing out, you are always locked-in
>>>>>>> to a point, the question being the height of the exit barrier, ie.,
>>>>>>> how much will it cost.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jim seems unable to process this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if *all* distros *all* lock you in, no matter what, then the term is
>>>>>> meanigless, and Roy, singling out Linspire for that, is equally
>>>>>> meaningless.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's not meaningless, but you're still failing to process the concept.
>>>>> The issue is about the cost of exit. The cost can be minimised, or it
>>>>> can be maximised. When maximised, it can (as has happened to me in my
>>>>> day job) amount to millions.
>>>>>
>>>>> Surely you can see that some situations will be less expensive to exit
>>>>> from than others?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> By now I actually think that you are completely nuts and an imbecile
>>>
>>> And yet you still reply - perhaps this is more of a clue about thee than
>>> me?
>>>
>>>>
>>>> You are simply babbling incoherent idiocy with your "exit barriers"
>>>> with regards to an "import filter" which actually enables to bypass
>>>> those very "barriers"
>>>
>>> I'm sorry that you are finding the concepts confusing; let me try to
>>> explain it a different way:
>>>
>>
>> What part of "import filter" was too difficult for you to understand?
>> You are as dishonest as Snot in your attempts to bypass the questions
>
> I understood it perfectly well, and explained the issues - presumably
> you do not understand the situation or the explanation?
>
You explained shit. Your "explanations" are simply utterly balderdash.
Gobshite. Unadultered garbage
>>
>> MArk, you really are an imbecile. And even more an asshole than DFS in
>> your dishonesty. That guy is just born stupid and got worse. You don't
>> have that explanation for your cretinous acts
>>
>>< snip lunatic rant >
>
> I really don't understand why you behave this way, Peter. I put a lot
> of effort into explaining precisely the issue, but you merely delete it
> and respond with a load of insults. Why bother? It just doesn't seem
> worth the effort to me.
>
You put a lot of effort in mis-explaining the issue.
Come on, tell us: How is an import-filter going to "lock you in".
Be precise. And stop this lunatic rubbish of the "exit costs".
It has nothing to do with a filter which allows you to do *more* than
without it
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