They will go back...
SQLServer | 01/06/06
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Yes, this will allow many to go back to WordPerfect and other office suites
DonnieBoy | 01/06/06
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Document standards are NOT rocket science. Microsoft wants to use them to
DonnieBoy | 01/06/06
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I agree
Goldie_Simmons | 01/06/06
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An open standard is NOT propriatary.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/06/06
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Anything with IP rights assigned to it is proprietary ...
George Mitchell | 01/06/06
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Ah, you mean like all the patents in the GPL Linux.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/06/06
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Please provide examples
mosborne | 01/06/06
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Can you use Google?
No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/06/06
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Ignoring the condescension...
mosborne | 01/06/06
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Message has been deleted.
B.O.F.H. | 01/06/06
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axey, bitty, don, etc...
JusPassinThrough | 01/06/06
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The difference is control by community vs control by despot
George Mitchell | 01/06/06
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It may be, but it isn't yet.
mosborne | 01/06/06
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True, it will take a few months. No biggie.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/06/06
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LOL. A few months?
mosborne | 01/06/06
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More to the point
Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/06/06
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It's all but a done deal.
AmusedAtItAll | 01/07/06
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Microsoft's OpenXML Is NOT Really Open
Goldie_Simmons | 01/06/06
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Sorry, you are wrong.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/06/06
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Openly documented # insecure
mosborne | 01/06/06
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Let me re-phrase that...
No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/06/06
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If is is not defined as part of the ECMA
mosborne | 01/06/06
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Thank you for confirming
Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/06/06
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Both odf and docx are archives.
B.O.F.H. | 01/06/06
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Were you trying to make any sort of point at all?
No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/06/06
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Just helping the really slow people.
B.O.F.H. | 01/06/06
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Some are just so slow they are beyond help ...
George Mitchell | 01/06/06
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And once again... people fall prey to the troll (nt).
el1jones | 01/06/06
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You are intelligent so read
michael_t | 01/06/06
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I wish for once you would stop with the lies....
AmusedAtItAll | 01/07/06
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still needs accepting
Scott W | 01/08/06
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Another thing, the continuing publicity is a good thing.
DonnieBoy | 01/06/06
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From one CIO to another...
Mike Cox | 01/06/06
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First it was Mass., than it was N.Y., than Tenn, than Ca.,..
Can you hear me | 01/06/06
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You've scored some points on technical
luke_sg | 01/07/06
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Obviously a few more "resignations" are in order.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/06/06
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Should the state mandate anything?
TomM_z | 01/06/06
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Isn't it amusing ...
George Mitchell | 01/06/06
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Definately
mosborne | 01/06/06
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Sorry but no. ODF was picked becasue Mass. lost
No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/06/06
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Oops, one more point ASCII was the first standard.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/06/06
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EBCDIC preceded ASCII I believe n/t
mosborne | 01/06/06
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ASCII was '86, EBCDIC was '63 or '64
B.O.F.H. | 01/06/06
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EBCDIC -- ASCII
jguyp725@... | 01/07/06
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See it any way you want
IT_User | 01/06/06
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Great thesis, Don
Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/06/06
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proof
Scott W | 01/08/06
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You don't understand XML?
techboy_z | 01/06/06
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The end of the 'doc' standard ...
George Mitchell | 01/06/06
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Huh, what are you talking about?
No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/06/06
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I just love that "retrain" argument
mosborne | 01/06/06
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Funny how "retraining" wasn't an issue ...
George Mitchell | 01/06/06
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Dead on
shawkins | 01/06/06
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I can't even imagine ...
George Mitchell | 01/07/06
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Hey, twit!
Artstar | 01/08/06
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At last MS found the "right" way to ... open standards .. 
michael_t | 01/06/06
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What a standard is.
michael_t | 01/06/06
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