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Squirming to find a reason to b*tch is more like it
And if it wasn't so patheic it would be hilarious.
Posted by: No_Ax_to_Grind   Posted on: 07/06/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Offce Open XML, not Open Office XML...  Fred Fredrickson | 07/06/06
Pay attention to what is said  bportlock | 07/06/06
What MS means is...  Fred Fredrickson | 07/06/06
Microsoft's Talent focused on Bending the Truth  brenthawkinsmd | 07/06/06
Microsoft bends on OpenDocument  Loverock Davidson | 07/06/06
We reached the tipping point where MS had more to gain by supporting ODF  DonnieBoy | 07/06/06
Seems the only one squiriming is you...  Confused by religion | 07/06/06
one could say...  OliverSeal | 07/06/06
Squirming to find a reason to b*tch is more like it  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/06/06
Compete on Merit and Lowers Price  TripleII | 07/06/06
Merit and Price  Loverock Davidson | 07/06/06
Incorrect Assumption  TripleII | 07/06/06
Well...  zkiwi | 07/06/06
HA HA HA!  Linux Geek | 07/06/06
Microsoft is keeping its word  dragosani | 07/06/06
Maybe not a complete reversal, but they are bending. They are covering  DonnieBoy | 07/06/06
Well, given other plugins available, MS wants to try and control this at  DonnieBoy | 07/06/06
But at least it's BSD licensed  Michael Kelly | 07/06/06
HAHAHAHAHA. This is Great!  John Zern | 07/06/06
You need to read the ODF license, it is basically implementable by all,  DonnieBoy | 07/07/06
They should let the Open source community ...  Jay E Court | 07/06/06
What part of  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/06/06
So what is stopping you?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/06/06
The companies that are asking for it just...  Jay E Court | 07/06/06
And, that was Microsofts problem, they did not want to give customers an  DonnieBoy | 07/06/06
Actually, it's, fun for us to watch DB Squirm!  John Zern | 07/06/06
Yes, they're blameable  Boot_Agnostic | 07/10/06
The FUD has been turned off  mighetto | 07/06/06
Why OSS developers ignore OpenOffice  OhMyGosh | 07/06/06
Poison pill ... ?  spamagnet | 07/06/06
Pure poison  OhMyGosh | 07/06/06
Irrevocable  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/06/06
License already guarantees  spamagnet | 07/07/06
Wow. Talk about FUD  John Zern | 07/06/06
Just be glad...  rapson | 07/06/06
Notice that Microsoft will also be working arround the clock to create any  DonnieBoy | 07/06/06
My gawd, do you ever do anything but while like  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/06/06
No_Ax_to_Grind - Your not that blind, or are you! NT  raycote | 07/06/06
Microsoft and ODF ... get the facts  whisperycat | 07/06/06
So long as they buy Office...  Anton Philidor | 07/06/06
could go both ways...  Monkey_MCSE | 07/06/06
This article is about an Office plug-in...  Anton Philidor | 07/06/06
and your point being?  Monkey_MCSE | 07/06/06
The basic XML file format is NOT rocket science.  DonnieBoy | 07/06/06
Not FUD.  Anton Philidor | 07/06/06
The argument for ODF is long-term accessibility.  Zogg | 07/06/06
If one wished to open a format...  Anton Philidor | 07/06/06
Quite sure you are wrong here  captmiddy | 07/06/06
Be ironic...  Anton Philidor | 07/06/06
There is the "small" matter of Belgium, too.  Zogg | 07/06/06
They already have  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/06/06
I'm taking Microsoft at the company's word...  Anton Philidor | 07/06/06
What's the GUI to do with it?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/06/06
all about money  corticus | 07/06/06
This will insure a smooth transition ...  George Mitchell | 07/06/06
... from past to current versions of Office ...  Anton Philidor | 07/06/06
And you are right too!  George Mitchell | 07/06/06
Business decision  bluedog52 | 07/06/06
Twist would be a better term than bend.  Reverend MacFellow | 07/06/06
Good!  John L. Ries | 07/06/06
Without the invisible hand  jsjag1 | 07/06/06
Invisible Hand  John L. Ries | 07/06/06
No argument here.  jsjag1 | 07/06/06
How?  LittleGuy | 07/06/06
Embrace, Extend, Extinguish - Is this the first step?  Plain Logic | 07/06/06
100:1 odds it is  Colonel Panijk | 07/11/06
let me get this straight - xoxoxoxoxo  not of this world | 07/06/06
"homogeneity"  CobraA1 | 07/07/06
I have to give the MS guys some credit (hold your flames),....  yogeee | 07/10/06
This is news?  Master Guru | 12/05/06

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