Microsoft finally caved, they joined the open source
Open-Document group. Honestly I don't
see what is so bad about an open-source standard. It really is the way to go. It means better sharing and fair play for
everyone. I imagine Microsoft wanted to hold on to it's Office monopoly by railroading everyone into their format, so
bravo and many cheers from me on doing the right and sensible thing and playing nice with the other kids. Many industry
analysts are saying that Microsoft is only playing nice in the interest of crashing the party Trojan-horse style and
making off with the women and children, those dang Redmond Vikings! Hopefully Microsoft will defy the critics and not
execute a dastardly plan, that would be nice for a change.I can't believe they caved
Microsoft finally caved, they joined the open source
Open-Document group. Honestly I don't
see what is so bad about an open-source standard. It really is the way to go. It means better sharing and fair play for
everyone. I imagine Microsoft wanted to hold on to it's Office monopoly by railroading everyone into their format, so
bravo and many cheers from me on doing the right and sensible thing and playing nice with the other kids. Many industry
analysts are saying that Microsoft is only playing nice in the interest of crashing the party Trojan-horse style and
making off with the women and children, those dang Redmond Vikings! Hopefully Microsoft will defy the critics and not
execute a dastardly plan, that would be nice for a change.Reader Comments
(Page 1)2. We'll see what happens but I think they are going to try and sabotage the group. Throw a wrench in the process until they can their proprietary format released which will make it more appealing to coporate users.
Posted at 2:24AM on Jun 11th 2007 by Jonathan
1. In other words, critics are saying they will embrace, extend, and extinguish? Now why would anything think that?
Posted at 6:05PM on Apr 4th 2006 by David Hammond