On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 02:41 -0500, Lars D. Noodén wrote: > Be careful about getting dragged into the M$ alternate definitions of > English words. There currently is no *standard* in use in Massachusetts. > The current binary MS formats may certainly be ubiquitous, but are > anything but standard. There are variations for each version of each > package on each platform. > > Note also that the various XML-based formats MS has been touting are > neither standard nor in use. They are different and incompatible with > each other. So far, only OpenDocument has been peer reviewed and approved > by an industry standards body (OASIS) and then submitted to ISO.
Precisely right. > > -Lars > Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Software patents kill innovation and harm all Net-based business. > Keep them out of the EU by writing your MEP, keep the market open. > > On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Sam Hiser wrote: > [snip] > > B) exists because Microsoft has such overwhelming access and also > > because it is the Existing standard and people go with what they know. > [snip] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- www.PlexNex.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
