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"Bravery"?
Nothing brave about it. They just want money. They couldn't come up with an "Office Killer" on their own, so they'll try it together.
Probelem is, open standards can cripple an app in an effort to make it workable by all parties involved.

Nothing wrong or evil with a propritary format, it's just a byproduct of software that does something else un-obtainable in another product.
Posted by: John Zern   Posted on: 11/01/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Looks like Sun and IBM smell blood. They both have a lot to gain here.  DonnieBoy | 11/01/05
No real gains  IT Scion | 11/01/05
No real gains?? Governments adopting Open Document won't make it easier  DonnieBoy | 11/01/05
Yeah. They'll kill each other  John Zern | 11/01/05
IBM, Sun to create 'OpenDocument Foundation'?  Loverock Davidson | 11/01/05
Standards  brble | 11/01/05
That's it  Roger Ramjet | 11/01/05
Some historical reference  Roger Ramjet | 11/01/05
Proof positive of the power and utility of open stadards  michael_t | 11/01/05
"Bravery"?  John Zern | 11/01/05
OpenDocument makes your data *yours*  jdeisenberg | 11/01/05
FUD - (NT)  Update victim | 11/01/05
No  IT Scion | 11/03/05
Now for MS to attend and  Boot_Agnostic | 11/01/05
just because ms office is defacto standard now, not easy to keep  hipparchus2001 | 11/01/05

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