On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 02:04, Sam Hiser wrote: > Wesley Parish wrote: > >I've just been reading PlexNex and was wondering, since Microsoft has > > floated enough vapourware to make flight above 3 foot extremely dangerous > > - rock-filled clouds are such a hazard to aerial navigation ;) - perhaps > > Sun could help them along? > > > >I'm referring to a response Brian Jones made to a comment of mine on his > > blog: > > http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2005/11/22/495876.aspx#comments > > "Wesley, did you know that OpenOffice 2.0 can read and write the Office > > 2003 XML format (WordprocessingML)? There are tons of implementations out > > there that work with those formats. The new formats for '12' aren't done > > yet, so it's not really a suprise that there aren't many implementations > > out there yet. " > >and someone else's response to him: > >"Hey, Brian, the OpenOffice.org support of Office 2003 XML is covered here > > not because the license of Office XML Schema is liberal, but because Sun > > and MS have reached an anti-trust settlement over a year ago: > > > >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/02/sun_settles_with_ms/ > > > >On Patents and Intellectual Property: " > > > >I've mentioned on that blog what I think are extremely reasonable steps > > that Microsoft should take to get taken seriously - not that I believe > > they've got the nerve for that: plenty of nerve to harrass customers, no > > nerve to do what makes sense, would you believe it! ;) - perhaps Sun > > should seriously twist their arm to let Sun do an MS Office 12 XML filter > > for OO.org? > > > >Then let people see and compare the horrendous mess MSO12 XML makes versus > > the clarity of OO.org's ODF? > > > >Microsoft are amongst the world's most prolific business producers of hot > > air - let them be hoist by their own petard, if they will! > > > >Wesley Parish > > > >On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 16:05, Sam Hiser wrote: > >>I've amplified this terrific article by Daniel, David, Bruce & Alex on > >>www.PlexNex.com > >> > >>-Sam > >> > >>Daniel Carrera wrote: > >>>Hi all, > >>> > >>>Excellent article at Groklaw: > >>> > >>>http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20051125144611543 > >>> > >>>It's a technical comparison between OpenDocument and Microsoft's XML > >>>format. It's intended to be suitable for a semi-technical audience > >>>(ie. people who know a bit of HTML) and the focus is on > >>> interoperability. > >>> > >>>OpenDocument beats MS XML in interoperability hands down. And this > >>>article explains some of the technical reasons why. I highly recommend > >>>it. > >>> > >>>Cheers, > >>>Daniel. > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Wesley's comment on Jones' blog was excellent: I was going to blog it, > with his permission?
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