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OpenDocument makes your data *yours*
The "wrongness" of a proprietary format is that you are depending upon the kindness of strangers to continue to provide applications that will allow you to read and modify your data.

As for open standards crippling an app: TCP/IP is an open standard which hasn't done any harm to applications in the networking world.
Posted by: jdeisenberg   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Some historical reference  Roger Ramjet | 11/01/05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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