Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 27th Oct 2005 11:25 UTC, submitted by Andrew Updegrove
More handbrake turns concerning ODF. In an official statement, Microsoft has said it will not support OpenDocument in Office 12: ""We have no plans to directly support the OpenDocument format at this time." This contradicts reports from yesterday. Andy Updegrove, OASIS' legal counsel, responds, once again. Really, there's no need to turn on your TV to watch soap operas.
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Member since:You are so right. (Strangely people do not understand it).
Strangely people do not understand the damage monopolies like Microsoft have caused the software and tech industry. Without them our systems would probably be much more secure and stable.
The only way to make them go away is to stop buying their products. But even that is mostly irrelevant now. The industry will correct itself with or without consumer's help, thanks to the FSF.
We might lose a decade of innovation, but we're getting a decade of competition in exchange, which might prove more productive.
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"2. Using open standard may not prevent Microsoft from dominating the market."
The point of OpenDocument is not to take some market from Microsoft. The main point is to have an open document format that can be used openly and freely (as in freedom) through many programs, from different companies, without being locked in with one vendor.