On Thu 21 June 07 18:34, Pueblo Native wrote: > Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: > > Pueblo Native wrote: > >> 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 as I understand your comment, when it comes to a standard, we should > > all have our own? Or even worse, Microsoft should decide what can and > > cannot be in it? IMO, this OXML is Microsoft's attempt to circumvent > > the standard ODF as they cannot compete on a level playing field. IMHO, > > standards are no place for variety. Let applications compete for how > > well they support the standards, but with multiple targets, it only > > ensures no (or all) will be hit. I would rather adhere to one standard, > > and as its limits are exposed, to amend the one standard rather than > > have 100 so-called standards. Already signed the petition. > > Yeah, and I'm sure presenting an internet petition to a standards body > is going to have a whole lot of importance when ISO decides whether or > not to accept Microsoft's standard. Why stop there? Why not present > that petition to Microsoft. I'm sure that once Ballmer sees all those > self-certifying "signatures" he's going to raise his hands in surrender > and announce that Office will only be using Open Document Format.
Better to fight it in any way, than to stand back and cower and do nothing at all. > Technical specs aside, if Microsoft wants to push out its own standard, > well and good. Not really, because then it's not *standards* anymore, it's anarchy in standardization and no one wins. Would you like that mobo's have no 'standards'? How about graphics cards, etc? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
