Op Friday 22 June 2007 00:53:18 schreef Pueblo Native: > While some of these points may have more or less merit to them, the > first one is a no-starter: > "There is *already a standard ISO26300 named Open Document Format > (ODF)*: a dual standard adds cost to industry, government and citizens;" > > Now, I use OO and love it, but I am not so arrogant as to assume that it > is or should be the ONLY standard out there. Let a thousand flowers > bloom and let the consumer decide what they want. As long as they have > that power, I'm happy even if they choose Microsoft's OXML format.
So it's better to have 2 different standards definitions for e.g. for speed km/h s miles/h - temperature celsius vs fahrenheit, lenght, like: 1 meter and 1 inch? Ask NASA about the latter. Didn't they loose a satelite because the mixed meters with inches or something like that. From this alone one can see that it is better to have 1 standard to be used by many applications. Now this gives total freedom to the customer. -- Richard Bos We are borrowing the world of our children, It is not inherited from our parents. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
