____/ Jim Richardson on Wednesday 03 October 2007 07:34 : \____
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> ____/ Jim Richardson on Wednesday 03 October 2007 01:45 : \____
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>>>>> Don't respond with something about Novell or SuSE, that's a different
>>>>> company and distro. Please answer the question you have been
>>>>> asked.
>>>>
>>>> "Assist" has the wrong tense. Linspire assisted Microsoft when it
>>>> signed a deal that says it would support OOXML 'translators'.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> How does that "Assist MS" in locking in users? if anything, it would
>>> assist the users in getting out
>>
>> They were not supposed to be there in the first place. See
>> http://boycottnovell.com/2007/09/05/silverlight-mono-novell/#comment-1945
>> onwards.
>>
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> silverlight, is not OOXML, please don't wander around, stick to the
> point.
>
> How does Linspire's support of OOXML translators "assist MS" in locking
> in users?
the comments that I link to are about OOXML (ignore the top-level post). The
translators incorporate Mono as well.
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