Re: Steve Ballmer said: "Our goal is to promote greater interoperability....."

2008-02-22 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 12:55 -0700, jordi laforge wrote: > Anyone seen this? > > > Microsoft set to open up software: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7257411.stm considering that the OOXML vote is just 3 days off, it does seem a bit suspect...and the article had no mention of that m

Re: Steve Ballmer said: "Our goal is to promote greater interoperability....."

2008-02-21 Thread Shawn Badger
Did you catch the part where they said "It also promised not to sue open source developers for making that software available for non-commercial use". Focus on the non-commercial use. That may mean that if you use it for business they want to be able to sue. On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:55 PM, jor

Re: Steve Ballmer said: "Our goal is to promote greater interoperability....."

2008-02-21 Thread Luis Villarreal
Here is another article http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/25264 and http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/022108-microsoft-open-source.html We will see how this plays out .. time will tell On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:55 PM, jordi laforge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone seen this?

Steve Ballmer said: "Our goal is to promote greater interoperability....."

2008-02-21 Thread jordi laforge
Anyone seen this? Microsoft set to open up software: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7257411.stm --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG