On TV.com: 5 SCARIEST Episodes in TV History
BNET Business Network:
BNET
TechRepublic
ZDNet
TalkBack 28 of 48:
Next »
« Previous
What are you complaining about?
First OSS folks whine about MS closed file formats and now that they are publishing the formats used by their files people like you still whine about MS.

Who cares if IBM or OpenOffice uses MS file formats? As long as they can be read by the other packages you have your migration path.

You should recognize your whining for what it is, it is not about open source vs MS. It's about religous belief that MS is evil.

Now that you can read the formats OSS is going to need to prove that it is better software than the closed source choices. No more excuses about file formats.
Posted by: balsover   Posted on: 12/21/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
Reply to Story Reply to Message

Alert moderator to an offensive message

Subscribe to this discussion via Email or RSS

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

What do you think?

SponsoredWhite Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads

SmartPlanet

Click Here