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Re: [News] OOXML is Proprietary Software; OpenOffice.org Might Make ODF De Facto Standard

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> Thus, as it may seem to many, it's not a matter of choosing between ODF
> and
> | the ISO-approved OOXML anymore -- it's a choice between open and closed
> | source technologies now. What will customers like the government choose?

It's a no-brainer.

What tax-cutting government is going to featherbed proprietary standards
unless their mates can fund them politically, and also subsidise the
disadvantage they suffer vis-a-vis free open standards? That's yet another
drain on their already exhausted resources. At some point they will simply
run out of steam, as night follows day.
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