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To me, this action (or non-action) by IBM just reinforces what I've suspected all along - IBM doesn't really care about open standards so much as using open standards as a weapon against Microsoft Office. It's obvious (again, to me) that IBM doesn't want to see ODF succeed so much as it wants to see MS Office fail (or at least become marginalized). That's why IBM is protesting the possibility of MA accepting Microsoft's XML document format along with ODF. The only way for an IBM competitor to Office to succeed is for Office to be eliminated from the competition, and IBM knows it.

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Do they have their people working everywhere??  Turazoor | 12/21/05
Why partake in an obvious biased committee? (NT)  ju1ce | 12/21/05
How do you know its biased  Michael Kelly | 12/21/05
To answer your question  Yagotta B. Kidding | 12/21/05
I'm not saying I don't agree  Michael Kelly | 12/21/05
Not nearly as many places as does IBM.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/21/05
I support IBM  nucrash | 12/21/05
That may be so  Michael Kelly | 12/21/05
Exactly  zztong | 12/21/05
Well said  rapson | 12/21/05
Key difference  Yagotta B. Kidding | 12/21/05
Hope Sutor doesn't get overridden  mvaar | 12/21/05
Comeon IBM. Just put some gravy on the dogfood.  osreinstall | 12/21/05
IBM are talking RUBBISH  Roger Huffadine | 12/21/05
Thank you for an excellent post Roger!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/21/05
Agree.  zztong | 12/21/05
Good post Roger, but....  WiredGuy | 12/21/05
If only it worked like that  Roger Huffadine | 12/22/05
Well...  zkiwi | 12/26/05
More agreement  georgep_z | 12/21/05
Have you read the charter?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 12/21/05
IBM appologist?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/21/05
Is this the same IBM that had the NetSphere "standards" rubber stamped?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/21/05
Interesting assumption  Yagotta B. Kidding | 12/21/05
Same as you do when I point out facts about MS.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/21/05
Projecting again, Don  Yagotta B. Kidding | 12/21/05
It only means that IBM does NOT care about MS's "open" standard.  michael_t | 12/21/05
What are you complaining about?  balsover | 12/21/05
And that's the key  rapson | 12/22/05
You got that right.  osreinstall | 12/22/05
IBM sits out Office document standards effort  rchardon@... | 12/21/05
Dude, it is IBM that has been whinining about Java...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/21/05
Dude, I think he means...  The King's Servant | 12/21/05
Standards are WORTHLESS unless if they are royalty free OPEN specifications  xunil skcor | 12/21/05
Remove cluelessness, read the license. It is royalty free.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/21/05
100% agreement  dzash2000 | 12/21/05
Why swim with the shark?  Jick | 12/21/05
If you can't swim with the big boys, go home.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/21/05
I also agree...  Cayble | 12/21/05
IBM's good choice  PhilippeV | 12/21/05
Open Schmopen, someone owns the license.  osreinstall | 12/21/05
At least I am convinced thath MS is adopting the open  michael_t | 12/21/05
MS will create collaborative lock-in via database engine +  interoperate | 12/21/05
You mean like Oracle, SyBase, DB2???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/21/05
You missed the point  interoperate | 12/22/05
IBM waiting to show it's patent on something else  Boot_Agnostic | 12/22/05
IBM sits out office standard.  elements | 12/24/05
MS Office XML is rubbish, so why invest effort  hipparchus2001 | 12/24/05

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