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____/ Homer on Thursday 23 Jun 2011 12:54 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Why even keep this broken legacy?
>
> For the same reason we "keep" this broken OS called Windows: it's
> protected by Microsoft's monopoly.
>
> I was recently reminded of Microsoft's abuse of another standard, the
> RFC 3676 message block delimiter, which apparently causes Windows users
> a lot of problems when it's correctly implemented by correspondents'
> clients, due to the proprietary and arbitrary way various Microsoft
> mail/news clients handle it:
>
> http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/detail?id=1683#c2
>
> Of course the list is endless. Is there any standard Microsoft /doesn't/
> break?
In OOXML, Microsoft even 'standardised' the bugs (e.g. fake leap year hack).
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~~ Best of wishes
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