____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Friday 14 March 2008 22:37 : \____
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Erik Funkenbusch
> <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:24:18 -0400
> <tovghphl2iv7$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:00:33 -0700, Jim Richardson wrote:
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>>> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:49:42 -0400,
>>> Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:41:51 -0700, Jim Richardson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That of course brings up the question of *why* did they not submit it?
>>>>> Only after there was a competing ISO std did they do so.
>>>>
>>>> Not exactly. The issue was that because ODF had become an ISO standard,
>>>> governments began to be interested in having an ISO standard format. So,
>>>> because a demand for an ISO standard presented itself, Microsoft decided
>>>> they needed a format that was capable of working with Office in its
>>>> entirety.
>>>
>>> as I said, only after there was a competing standard was MS interested.
>>
>> No. Only after their customers began to request a standard document format
>> did Microsoft become interested.
>
> They already had one. Microsoft Word. Why would they need another? ;-)
It made a nice forced upgrade ramp. Ask people who get sent .docx.
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