Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 3rd Nov 2005 01:40 UTC, submitted by Andy Updegrove
After a month of news largely dominated by pro-ODF announcements, such as the release of ODF-compliant office suites, patent non-assertion pledges and the like, the opposition has just lowered the boom. And if they are successful, it's a big one.
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Member since:I think one fact is being forgotten here. RTF.
The situation we're seeing here is known as the "power of the default".* Word can save in other formats (some less locked in), but has only one default. Guess which one it is?
*I belive there was a story awhile back that talked about the power of the bootloader, or some such.
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2005-07-14
However, Joe Officeworker has not got a clue about the following formats;
True, bud sad. Very sad. This will sounda bit sentimental, but I fear that his ignorance will bring the civilization (as we know it) to a grinding halt one day.
I don't that that everyone should know everything, but workers, office or not, should at least know and understand the tools they are working with.