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Re: Microsoft botches ODF support -- Part III: "This is not interoperability, it?s an attack on the very concept."

Richard Rasker wrote:

>Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>
>> Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>> 
>>> Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>>> 
>>>> The fact of the matter is, many standards work this way.  A good
>>>> example is
>>>> TCP/IP.  TCP/IP doesn't define the content that goes in it, and let's face
>>>> it, a spreadsheet formula is content.  HL7 is another.  It requires
>>>> other standards for interoperability of the content.
>>> 
>>> Nonetheless, Microsoft's implementation is an act of bad faith.
>> 
>> Especially since they are the only ones getting it all wrong
>
>Not to mention the fact that they blabbered to all the world how they were
>committed to interoperability, and that they take standards seriously, and
>so on and so forth. They're just a bunch of greedy liars who don't give a
>shit about anyone or anything except their bank account.

That's one way to put it...   8)


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