In article <reply_in_group-30F53A.09575103022009@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Tim Smith <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <2307203.pcblhNxOc2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > ODF can be implemented (already *is*) under Linux; OOXML cannot. In fact, no
> > application implements OOXML. It's a decoy, a patent trap, and a story of
> > endless corruption.
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> Note what Roy is doing there. He claims no application implements
> OOXML. He basis this on the fact that no application (as far as I know)
> is 100% compliant with the spec. Some come very close--differing only in
> not having some name changes that occurred late in standardization.
> But, to Roy, this disqualifies them.
>
> But if you go by that level of strictness, then no application
> implements ODF, either.
Heh. Or HTML.
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