____/ Mark Kent on Friday 14 March 2008 08:35 : \____
> [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
>> chrisv wrote:
>>> Erik Funkenbusch displayed his "logic":
>>
>>>> If Microsoft had wished to oust ODF, wouldn't it have made more
>>>> sense to oppose it's ratification as a standard?
>>>
>>> Apparently not, fsckwit. No doubt M$ considered doing that, along
>>> with all the political ramifications, and decided that that would not
>>> be the best course of action to achieve their goals.
>>
>> The Vole no doubt assumed that backing ODF would pressure their
>> detractors into feeling obligated into returning the favour. Coming from
>> a less morally corrupt company, this may have been interpreted as
>> gesture of goodwill, but coming from a company as greedy; selfish and
>> devious as Microsoft, it was a patently obvious tactical manoeuvre, and
>> nothing more. They know that if OOXML is ratified, they'll push the
>> format to the exclusion of ODF, and accomplish their rather less-than
>> altruistic goal of continued market domination, which is after all their
>> only real interest.
>>
>
> It's hard to see just how anyone can see this as anything other than an
> attempt to maintain a monopolistic hold over customer documents and
> data.
That's exactly what OOXML is. It's a response whose purpose is to eliminate
ODF. Microsoft could easily just support ODF, but it wants lockin and anti-GPL
licensing terms.
In the following, mind the bits about patents:
http://www.microsoft.com/msft/SEC/default.mspx
Also see:
“A prominent example of open source software is the Linux operating system.
Although we believe our products provide customers with significant advantages
in security, productivity, and total cost of ownership, the popularization of
the open source software model continues to pose a significant challenge to
our business model, including continuing efforts by proponents of open source
software to convince governments worldwide to mandate the use of open source
software in their purchase and deployment of software products. To the extent
open source software gains increasing market acceptance, sales of our products
may decline, we may have to reduce the prices we charge for our products, and
revenue and operating margins may consequently decline. ”
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