Here's one to make your blood boil

[Stuart Biggerstaff]

Actually, that's what Open Document is about.  Microsoft just didn't want 
to support something that doesn't contribute to their lock-in strategies.

As far as the cost issue, aren't they already stuck with that or worse, as 
going to Microsoft's alternative involves upgrading to the new version of 
Office?  If you think about it, actually both XML-based formats are 
intended as standards-based, open alternatives to PDF--but Microsoft's is 
only open as long as Microsoft finds it convenient for it to be.

At 09:06 AM 9/29/2005, Rick Sivernell wrote:
>What I might like to see, a common open document format that all apps on 
>all OSs' use in
>common.



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