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Re: Opendocument
by Berra on Saturday 24/Sep/2005, @12:11

But would we want MS to adopt Opendocument? Wouldn't they just make their version slightly incompatible and turn things into a mess?

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Re: Opendocument
by Segedunum on Saturday 24/Sep/2005, @15:33

Well then we'd know wouldn't we? It would also quite clearly be Microsoft's fault that they are breaking something, rather than creating their own formats, expecting others to use them and and whinging "Oh, but all these other office suites simply aren't compatible and are implementing our open standard wrong!"

Microsoft sees this as rather dangerous territory, and it's clear that their knees are shaking quite a bit over how to deal with it.

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Re: Opendocument
by Andy on Saturday 24/Sep/2005, @18:02

> and it's clear that their knees are shaking quite a bit over how to deal with it.

I sadly highly doubt it. to get their knees to shake youd have to place a 50mt nuke in Mr. Gates office, which is controlled by a embedded linux system (which means double danger). THAT would show them fear, nothing else.
I guess they will just place a big "loser" stamp above Massachusetts on their big world-domination... ehm market-share map and have a good laugh.
Getting Seattle out of lockin would probably rise their attention, but maybe not. They will just throw their hordes of zombies... ehm lawyers at whoever annoys them. finito.

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Re: Opendocument
by tepy on Sunday 25/Sep/2005, @11:18

... 50mt nuke ... embedded linux system

embed a Microsoft system and see Bill really shake, rattle, and roll

http://tepy-at-houston-lake.blogspot.com/

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Re: Opendocument -- MS failed with Java
by Mario Miyojim on Sunday 25/Sep/2005, @02:49

Microsoft had adopted Java and introduced "extensions" that only worked well for Windows. Sun brought MS to task and was forbidden to use the Java name, and had to pay a big fine. The response was the creation of C# and .Net, which is not doing well. The world is aware.
If MS now tries to corrupt the OpenDocument standard with extensions that work well only for Windows, there will be jurisprudence to support a similar prohibition. This time, the world public will clearly notice this fact.

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