Hi, > By *providing official support and funding* for an *open-source* > project, Microsoft has guaranteed that no commercial company will try > and compete; and has made it highly unlikely that any independent free > software project will emerge.
While I can see that commercial mentality would stop other commercial vendors from implementing their own solution, i don't see the point about independent os-projects. How many times has something with the same functionality been produced by distinct OSS projects side by side? I don't see why MS' move should prevent any other project from working on that - besides the fact, of course, that everyone might wait and see what happens there. But then I also wonder what happened to that rumored plugin the ODF Foundation was having in development for Massachusetts? Any news on that one? I would doubt that they'd drop their effort suddenly because of MS' announcement. André. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
