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Three cheers!:
Hip Hip Hooray!
Hip Hip Hooray!
Hip Hip Hooray!

What do you want? A pat on the back?

You are going to get a sore arm doing all that self-adulation and MS flag waving. wink

The full story is yet to be told on the Open Source Standards--nevermind that MS is 'caving in' (sort of).

Don't loose site of it and thanks for keeping your readership 'in the loop'!
Posted by: D. T. Schmitz   Posted on: 11/29/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Pat on the back  D. T. Schmitz | 11/29/05
Responding to market pressures  mikebol | 11/30/05
Whoa up a minute David...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/29/05
You Just Don't Get It  Edward Meyers | 11/29/05
25 Words or Less  D. T. Schmitz | 11/29/05
No, YOU don't get it  broper | 11/29/05
How do you think standards are implemented...  ju1ce | 11/30/05
Just to add...  ju1ce | 11/30/05
Unintentional Doublespeak has tripped you  NonCartoonist | 11/30/05
You're Right - Microsoft thinks this is about software  Eternl_Knight | 11/30/05
Re: Whoa up a minute David...  none none | 11/29/05
Answers  dberlind | 11/29/05
Reasonable is in the eye of the beholder.  Anton Philidor | 11/30/05
Explain why a person at home will need word format to read a document (PDF)  hipparchus2001 | 11/30/05
I think you are looking at this from the wrong perspective  Pebkac Charlie | 11/30/05
Context of "reasonable" and "unreasonable"  netnerdo@... | 11/30/05
The test and "reasonable" (and SPARC)  dberlind | 11/30/05
The test and "reasonable" (and SPARC)  dberlind | 11/30/05
Two ways of thinking contending over a word.  Anton Philidor | 11/30/05
Putting words in my mouth  dberlind | 12/01/05
Following the implications.  Anton Philidor | 12/01/05
Too much respect for the vendor...  TroyJohnson | 12/01/05
It's the end of a long difficult day...  Anton Philidor | 12/01/05
Going off campus  dberlind | 12/01/05
A format is a format...  Anton Philidor | 12/01/05
It wasn't the work of a rogue group  Steve Z | 12/04/05
other SPARC implementations are available  hipparchus2001 | 11/30/05
Very nice David...  John Le'Brecage | 11/30/05
Control can benefit Microsoft and customers.  Anton Philidor | 11/30/05
I do wonder why I reply....  ju1ce | 11/30/05
Because you want to learn.  Anton Philidor | 11/30/05
Simple answer...  ju1ce | 11/30/05
Not reality anymore  techboy_z | 11/30/05
That pretty much sums it up (NT)  ju1ce | 11/30/05
That's partly why Office 12...  Anton Philidor | 11/30/05
So...  TroyJohnson | 11/30/05
No need.  Anton Philidor | 11/30/05
Correct - No Need for Office  Eternl_Knight | 11/30/05
Those who see no need for Office...  Anton Philidor | 11/30/05
To cooperate one must accede control  John Le'Brecage | 11/30/05
Accede to control or keep agreements?  Anton Philidor | 11/30/05
Great post John...  ju1ce | 12/05/05
Thank you Anton  MacCanuck | 11/30/05
of course microsoft does not meet the MA requirements  enigma_foundry | 11/30/05
It's the Economy  D. T. Schmitz | 11/29/05
Wrong in the Real World  kathygnome | 11/30/05
But all public...  ju1ce | 11/30/05
Which MS format?  bjornafreeman@... | 11/30/05
And when you post Office 12 documents...  John Le'Brecage | 11/30/05
Almost free  ibabadur1 | 11/30/05
Indeed true...  John Le'Brecage | 11/30/05
You are so right!  Altair4 | 12/01/05
Open Standards  KSchultzCBA | 11/30/05
David, you need to spend a couple of years...  Rodney Davis | 11/30/05
Incorrect you're missing a core need ($$$)  hipparchus2001 | 11/30/05
Evidently not a core need...  Rodney Davis | 11/30/05
And evidently...  zkiwi | 12/04/05
And evidently...  zkiwi | 12/04/05
Not, it's about business  jabailo1 | 11/30/05
MS XML is hardly a standard developers will bother with though  hipparchus2001 | 11/30/05
You have no idea how many .NET programmers...  ju1ce | 11/30/05
I also am a .net programmer  hipparchus2001 | 11/30/05
But we are in the minority as .NET programmers (NT)  ju1ce | 12/05/05
10 years ago...  TroyJohnson | 11/30/05
I'd like to thank No_Ax, Anton, NancyGnome,etc...  NetArch. | 11/30/05
And we'd like to thank YOU...  broper | 11/30/05
I'm confused.  Haterock Davidsfather | 11/30/05
Astroturfing Ahoy  Eternl_Knight | 11/30/05
It is not a de facto standard  Marbux | 11/30/05
How is it a de facto standard?  Marbux | 11/30/05
Great Article - the TRUTH is what this is about  enigma_foundry | 11/30/05
its not about Open Standards. It's about being anit Microsoft (because  zzz1234567890 | 12/02/05
Erm...  zkiwi | 12/04/05
its not about Open Standards. It's about being anit Microsoft (because  zzz1234567890 | 12/02/05
It's about MS trolls  whisperycat | 12/06/05

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