____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 11 September 2007 07:24 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Monday 10 September 2007 16:06 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> IBM Joins OpenOffice.org Community
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>| The OpenOffice.org community today announced that IBM will be joining the
>>>>| community to collaborate on the development of OpenOffice.org software.
>>>>| IBM will be making initial code contributions that it has been developing
>>>>| as part of its Lotus Notes product, including accessibility enhancements,
>>>>| and will be making ongoing contributions to the feature richness and code
>>>>| quality of OpenOffice.org.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.prweb.com/releases/openoffice.org/IBM/prweb552157.htm
>>>>
>>>
>>> The behemoth of free software...
>>
>> ODF eats cow. Cash cow. More competition will finally bring us better
>> products, better prices, and interoperability (choice).
>>
>
> The idea of being able to use multiple different office suites to work
> on the same documentation is wonderful. A bit like Tex/Latex, only with
> less focus on publishing and more on analysis.
Yes, one language, hundreds of text editors and even graphical front ends like
LyX. That's the way it /has/ to be. It's like bash.
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