__/ [ spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Wednesday 30 May 2007 17:33 \__
> BearItAll <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
>> Linonut wrote:
>
>>> Funny as a crutch:
>>>
>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=5169
>>>
>>> Apparently, Microsoft doesn't want you to know much about Office
>>> Open XML. Check out this passage (holy redactions Batman):
>>>
>>> *** will exercise its *** to *** by no later than *** that (i)
>>> the *** OpenOffice (version 2 or later) *** does or will *** Office
>>> Open XML format ('Open XML'), and (ii) it will make a ***
>>> *** If *** does not *** it will *** within the same time frame that
>>> *** in the *** on a*** to *** Open XML. *** will provide its ***
>>> to*** at least *** in advance of *** The *** will be *** not to be
>>> *** will provide *** in the *** will *** of such *** the Term,
>>> including through *** in the *** is defined in the Business
>>> Collaboration Agreement.
>>>
>>> The Microsoft/Novell pact -- More missing sections than the Watergate
>>> Tapes.
>>>
>
>> I recognise this, I watched James Bond over the weekend so am quallified
>> at code cracking, I beleave it says this,
>
>> "We the undersigned will cooperate with you when hell freezes over
>> and
>> McDonalds sell something that doesn't taste like ***."
>
>> Sorry, I couldn't translate that last ***, maybe they used a foriegn word,
>> that always makes my translator crash.
>
> Maybe they used the word "dren" which roughly translates as shit in
> farscapese. :)
OOXML is not free. The whole thing is filled with unpleasant surprises and
Microsoft uses puppets like Novell and Corel to pretend there's industry
support. There is also fake grassroots support (astroturfing).
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