In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Thu, 22 May 2008 01:44:46 +0100
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> ____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Thursday 22 May 2008 01:08 : \____
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>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, bbgruff
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>> wrote
>> on Thu, 22 May 2008 00:19:14 +0100
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>>> The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
>>>
>>>> Oh well...it's a benefit to the MS Office user, if nothing else;
>>>> I just hope they get the conversion more or less right.
>>>
>>> I find this *extremely* interesting, ghost.
>>> When discussing technicla matters with technical people (meaning when
>>> technical people such as yourself are kind enough to talk to me!) I try
>>> to listen very carefully to *what* they say.
>>>
>>> This press release isn't coming so much from technical people. It's
>>> coming from (in effect) politicians. When I listen to politicians, I
>>> find that rather than concentrate on *what* they say, it is frequently
>>> more interesting to ask *why* they said it.
>>>
>>> Behind this press release, there is (imo) a hell of a lot going on here!
>>> The reasons for this development cetainly would include a recent report
>>> from New York, and ongoing work within the E.U.
>>>
>>> As I said nearly 3 years ago when MA made their announcement re. ODF,
>>> this story has a *long* way to run yet:-)
>>>
>>
>> An interesting subpoint. I'll admit I don't know what to
>> make of all this, apart from Microsoft trying to forestall
>> criticism from certain quarters. (These might include
>> the EUC, as well as competitive interests such as RedHat.)
>
> This could be vapourware. Let's wait and watch.
>
Microsoft's good at that, too. :-/
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