Story: Microsoft must drop its Office politics
Posted by: Arthur B. (Monday 5 September 2005, 9:24 PM)
Jon, there's a difference between Industry Standard and Vendor Specific. In case of the first the vendor (product) is truly optional. In case of the latter the vendor (product) is almost mandatory.
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Story: Microsoft must drop its Office politics
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Thank you for linking to Brian Jones's blog post i... Rick Dunlow -
Sigh. Without a true industry standard we all wil... Arthur B.
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Industry standard is whatever sells the most... Jon -
Too bad that MS Office formats are a mov... Chris Rankin -
Jon tells us that the current industry s... Richard
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Jon, there's a difference between Industry Standar... Arthur B. -
More than an industry standard - an *open* standar... Anonymous
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Anonymous, thanks for describing it better then I... Arthur B.
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That was very well said. This whole Microsoft tac... Anonymous
