Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 05 February 2008 16:29 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> The Case for Harmonization
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| So we've agreed that this approach is technically feasible. We're also
>>>| agreed that extending ODF outside of the standards process is not a good
>>>| idea. So the obvious solution is to extend ODF within the standards
>>>| process. So, let's do it! What are we waiting for?
>>>|
>>>| There is no reason why, by a harmonization process, all of the
>>>| functionality of Microsoft Office cannot be represented on a base of ISO
>>>| 26300 OpenDocument Format. I personally, as Co-Chair of the OASIS ODF TC,
>>>| stand ready and willing to sponsor such a harmonization effort in OASIS. So
>>>| let's start harmonization now, and avoid further divergence.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/01/case-for-harmonization.html
>>>
>>
>> Except that this is the last thing Microsoft would want to happen.
>
> Microsoft recently got caught saying something along the lines of "our business
> is based on controlling the standards."
>
This goes right back to the statement they made at the launch of Windows
3.1.
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