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its wasnt partisan
"A month ago I noted how partisan this battle was becoming, with Democrats taking Microsoft's side and Republicans the side of open source. So what really happened, and what does this resignation really mean?"

Stop making statements just because its suits you.
There was nothing partisan in the process. Peter Quinn was incompetent and pretty obvious he did not keep the interest of MA (workers, people, the best technology) in mind.
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its wasnt partisan  zzz1234567890 | 12/29/05
Could become partisan.  Anton Philidor | 12/29/05
Curious comment  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 12/29/05
I think I mentioned the reason in brief  zzz1234567890 | 12/29/05
correction  zzz1234567890 | 12/29/05
how about this: Quinn asked MS to support ODF  hipparchus2001 | 12/29/05
To avoid the contract restraints of the repository.  osreinstall | 12/30/05
MSXML is useless. You may as well export text  hipparchus2001 | 12/31/05
I would rather keep a document in a format that works great.  osreinstall | 12/31/05
Incompetent, Maybe... Biased? ABSOLUTELY!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/29/05
very well said  zzz1234567890 | 12/29/05
Office 12  rpmyers1 | 12/29/05
Given there is no retraining needed and that...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/30/05
You left off the $ sign...  Still Lynn | 12/30/05
I invite you to read what Quinn himself said it would cost.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/30/05
Incorrect, he said ODF was technically vastly superior to MSXML  hipparchus2001 | 12/29/05
thats showing incompetency  zzz1234567890 | 12/29/05
i spend a lot of $$$ on microsoft stuff, but that doesn't make MSXML good  hipparchus2001 | 12/29/05
So you are saying you have...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/30/05
how many times do I have to repeat myself to you noax?  hipparchus2001 | 12/31/05
Obiously you are biased.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/30/05
illogical thinking  hipparchus2001 | 12/31/05
decent man besmirched by idiots (like first poster)  hipparchus2001 | 12/29/05
stop blabbering  zzz1234567890 | 12/29/05
point = no technical reason to use MSXML  hipparchus2001 | 12/29/05
Right on  rcb_z | 12/29/05
You could be right and it wouldn't matter.  Anton Philidor | 12/30/05
You are spot on, he brought it on himself.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/30/05
wrong answer  hipparchus2001 | 12/31/05
Leading the parade.  Anton Philidor | 01/01/06
IBM and ECMA  mosborne | 01/02/06
"an equal vote"  Anton Philidor | 01/02/06
I have posted, now go read them...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/30/05
He just wasn't a team player.  osreinstall | 12/30/05
Doesn't matter which file format is superior?  hipparchus2001 | 12/31/05
You know this for a fact?  osreinstall | 12/31/05
big document producing corporations use XML repositories with bridges to  hipparchus2001 | 12/31/05
big document producing corporations use XML repositories with bridges to  hipparchus2001 | 12/31/05
I don't think so.  osreinstall | 12/31/05
To me this is all about  Michael Kelly | 12/30/05
I assure you, you can.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/30/05
as long as you don't want any style information  hipparchus2001 | 12/31/05

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