Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Monday 29 October 2007 10:05 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> ____/ [H]omer on Sunday 28 October 2007 18:50 : \____
>>>
>>>> ODF Alliance hails record growth in application support for ODF
>>>>
>>>> .----
>>>> | In total, there are now more than two dozen ODF-supporting text,
>>>> | spreadsheet, and presentation applications announced in the past
>>>> | three months
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
> http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/10/26/odf-alliance-hails-record-growth-application-support-for-odf/
>>>>
>>>> How many support Oh-Oh-XML, I wonder?
>>>
>>> None. Microsoft Office 2007 implements something that supports a derivative
>>> of OOXML. Remember: Microsoft has admitted that it has no commitment to
>>> support OOXML, even if it passes the ISO acid test. IOW, Microsoft can
>>> continue to 'extend' and take its fully proprietary route, even without this
>>> cloak called OOXML (which fool some people that may no longer consider it
>>> proprietary). XML != Open.
>>>
>>> A lot more could be said...
>>>
>>
>> Only the bought or the terminally naive could ever have considered that
>> the OOXML push would be anything other than a con.
>>
>> Still, more than 24 applications supporting ODF would suggest that it's
>> going to be a winner in all respects.
>
> Why else would the monopolies pay one of its favourite sockpuppets to conduct a
> study against ODF?
>
> IDC report on Open Document Standards
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| This study is a fact-based analysis of the emerging open document
>| standards, Open XML and ODF.
> `----
>
> http://openxmldeveloper.org/archive/2006/11/27/IDC_Open_Document_Standards.aspx
>
> Yes, it's paid for by Microsoft, but they don't want you to know this. It's
> supposed to look subjective. I wrote about IDC earlier today <
> http://boycottnovell.com/2007/10/28/idc-linux-fud/ > because IDC is now
> attacking Linux. Again.
>
A bit of Microsoft cash goes a long way at IDC, doesn't it?
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