__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Sunday 08 October 2006 14:57 \__
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> B Gruff <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> On Sunday 08 October 2006 07:04 Mark Kent wrote:
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>>> B Gruff <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> On Thursday 05 October 2006 12:12 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>>>> http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/10/03/HNfrenchodf_1.html
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>>>>> You know what this means, don't you? smile Millions of fresh
>>>>> installtions of OpenOffice, and/or Linux with KOffice /et al/
>>>>
>>>> Of course - they've already done their pilot with the French police and
>>>> tax departments:-)
>>>>
>>>
>>> As ODF becomes more commonly used, Microsoft will be faced with an
>>> interesting conundrum - at what point do they properly support ODF in
>>> order to maintain a Desktop market?
>>
>> When ODF becomes more commonly used, to the extent that MS feels that it
>> *needs* to support ODF properly, won't the game be over?:-)
>
> Well, that was rather my point :-)
Then they'll 'extend' it and break the standard (implementation hidden in
'binary blobs', which require reversal through careful engineering).
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