Jim,
I just have to ask.
Are you the same Jim Seymour who used to do battle with John Dvorak in
the PC magazines?
Virgil
On 3/5/2014 7:50 AM, Jim Seymour wrote:
On Wed, 5 Mar 2014 09:31:06 +0700
"Urmas" <davian...@gmail.com> wrote:
"Tom Davies":
Do you think ODF stands a chance with its incompatible changes
between 1.0 and 1.1, or formulas fiasco?
Or the lack of documentation and a heap of undocumented extensions
AOO/LO uses?
Do you think .doc[x] stands a chance with newer versions of proprietary
software having the propensity to re-write existing documents into
formats incompatible with older versions [1]; gratuitously wildly
divergent user interfaces, from version-to-version, that violate all
the tenets of POLA [2], and the per-seat expense of said proprietary
software [3]?
Do you think a Certain Large Software Company's stated goal of
subverting or destroying commodity protocols [4] has been successful?
[1] In a transparent attempt to persuade customers to continue the
vicious, and expensive, upgrade cycle.
[2] Principle Of Least Astonishment
[3] See: [1]
[4] If you've never seen them: The Halloween Documents:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/
Regards,
Jim
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