____/ Mark Kent on Monday 11 February 2008 16:36 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> One big push for interoperability required
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>>| In the case of Novell-Microsoft alliance, the situation is one of making
>>| two platforms work together.
>> `----
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>> http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20080211/opensource01.shtml
>>
>> Well, then why doesn't Microsoft support ODF? It's all for Microsoft. Novell
>> is is the vassal. And then there's the talk about harmonising...
>
> If Microsoft cared about interop, they'd abandon "embrace and extend".
> The amusing thing about OOXML and ODF is that it drives a coach with 6
> horses right through the E&E strategy, in that they don't support ODF in
> the first place, so they need to create a new "standard", OOXML, for the
> sole and singular purpose of embracing and extending it...
They were invited to join efforts on developing ODF and they declined. Later
on, it appears as though they tried to rewrite that bit of history. They have
quite a propaganda machine (e.g. 'analysts', bribed journalists that they
invited over to Redmond), so disinformation would be easy for them to spread.
Recently, Microsoft spewed out a damaging remark about its dependence on
_CONTROLLING THE STANDARD_ for maintaining its business. Like we didn't know
this already... well, it's nice hearing it from the horse's mouth even in 2008
when the EU has 3 simultaneous antitrust probes against the Vole.
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