In article <fotjafitkxbo.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The funny thing is, if ODF had received 1/10th of the scrutiny that OOXML
> has received, it would be a far better format.
And the sad thing is, it would be possible to come up with a format that
is pretty close to ODF, but that has the legacy support Microsoft needs,
and many in OASIS wanted to do that, and Microsoft likely would have
supported it, but Sun wouldn't allow it.
We could have one format that would have truly become universal. Oh
well, I forgot--choice is good, so I guess it is supposed to be good
that people will have to deal with two formats for the foreseeable
future.
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--Tim Smith
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