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Yes, completely
No_Ax can't understand the difference between the benefits of competing products
and the stagnation caused by competing standards. Microsoft chose to invent a
new standard in the hope of causing stagnation in products using competing
standards.

When you own say 90% of the office suite market stagnation is good, it cements
your advantage. The risk for MS is that office suites move beyond vendor lock-in
to truly open standards.

People are aware of the cynicism behind OOXML, it is already irrelevant in deciding
the future of office suits since it is unlikely that anyone will be able to build a
product that seamlessly interoperates with any OOXML document created by an MS
application.

Google Docs may not be the next big thing, but something very like it will be.
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Of course open source folks hate choice.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/22/08
Choice  Tim Patterson | 02/22/08
Then CHOOSE to use something else.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/23/08
Sounds like your typical modus operandi.  B.O.F.H. | 02/22/08
Sounds like I quoted the author.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/23/08
I know you think you did.  B.O.F.H. | 02/23/08
Nice try, for such a limited person.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/23/08
No, that is just your twisted interpretation.  B.O.F.H. | 02/23/08
Exploring Choice  DannyO_0x98 | 02/23/08
And yet, tha author is whining about users having more than one choice.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/23/08
I think you've missed the point  maldain | 02/25/08
Yes, completely  Fred Fredrickson | 02/26/08
Microsoft always fishes in muddy waters ...  Golodh2 | 02/24/08
You can have any color car you want, as long as its black.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/22/08
Except for...  zkiwi | 02/22/08
You make my point nicely.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/23/08
Since when did you "speak" for Open Source?  Zogg | 02/23/08
Your rant is meaningless  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/23/08
You seem to have missed the entire point of the article.  Zogg | 02/23/08
True, ODF and BetaMax have much in common  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/25/08
Consumers did not choose..  Patrick Jones | 02/25/08
To be specific:  Joel R | 02/25/08
Probably a waste of breath, but...  Zogg | 02/25/08
What choice?  green alien | 02/25/08
[Retry] Since when did you "speak" for Open Source?  Zogg | 02/23/08
No_Ax_to_Grind doesn't know the difference between standards & Open Source  B.O.F.H. | 02/23/08
HArd to tell them apart when its the same  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/23/08
Mostly its this guy No_Ax_to_Grind that is ranting endlessly.  B.O.F.H. | 02/23/08
Gee BOFH, who wote the whiny article?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/25/08
Tired old astroturfers...  mdielmann | 02/25/08
Let's analize that for a moment, shall we?  B.O.F.H. | 02/23/08
Nothing in your post addresses the TOPIC  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/23/08
you should have read your own post (that I responded to)  B.O.F.H. | 02/23/08
And none of it has anything to do with file formats.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/25/08
But that's not true  maldain | 02/25/08
now THAT's funny... coming from a microshaftie roflmao (nt)  jmelnik | 02/26/08
not the best paralel  American Hawk | 02/22/08
SOP for Microsoft ...  MisterMiester | 02/22/08
Incrediable...  BanjoPaterson | 02/23/08
RE: Incredible  bfilipiak@... | 02/25/08
RE: Of DVDs and documents  mcilweyn@... | 02/23/08
suldaan  mcilweyn@... | 02/23/08
ODF is full of holes and lack interoperability  Multivac | 02/25/08
How dare you use facts!!! This is the ZDNet talkbacks  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/25/08
Actually  roaming | 02/25/08
Speaking of facts..  TtfnJohn | 03/01/08
Beating one's head against a brick wall  Ole Man | 03/01/08
Blu-Ray has many more problems...  Narg | 02/25/08
Welcome to Sony  msdead | 02/25/08
"Older players?"  TrackStar1682 | 02/25/08
Actually, people *ARE* sorry!  SteveMak | 02/25/08
I'm not alone...  FeMaster@... | 02/25/08
About movies and openness  green alien | 02/25/08
Chunk all your DVD's in the trash  Ole Man | 03/01/08

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