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____/ chrisv on Thursday 24 July 2008 20:06 : \____
> Homer wrote:
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>>> Dumfsck wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The market hasn't demanded an open document spec
>>
>>Well according nearly every office suite vendor out there, including
>>Microsoft, you're wrong ... again.
>
> Amazingly, obviously wrong. What rational organization would WANT
> it's important data essentially *hostage* a single software vendor?
> What rational organization wants NO CHOICE but to buy what company X
> wants to sell them - NO CHOICE to consider other vendors, who may
> provide superior pricing and/or performance?
>
> Many organizations got themselves locked-into proprietary data formats
> when the industry was young and naive, and many of them now consider
> it "too risky" to convert to open formats. But to suggest that open
> formats are not now CLEARLY preferable is simply insane!
Unless your CIO is Richard Steele.
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