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