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Story: Legal worries led Massachusetts to open standards
Posted by: Anonymous (Tuesday 6 September 2005, 9:14 AM)
Yates is incorrect. OpenDocument is supported by many suites. Since it is open and not encumbered by patents, even Microsoft -- a member of the OASIS technical committee for OpenDocument, no less -- could choose support it.
Editors should not let such bait slide uncorrected.
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Story: Legal worries led Massachusetts to open standards
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Ofcourse Microsoft will have to do an all out assa... Arthur B. -
Let's hope they that Mass. doesn't have a lot... Anonymous -
The MS license is not online. I've looked and loo... Anonymous
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Yates is incorrect. OpenDocument is supported by... Anonymous -
In fact, many office packages support the for... a.c.
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Who do Microsoft think they are? If Pepsi went aro... Richard
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Well I think that MS products are much better... Anonymous
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It doesn't amaze me that Microsoft will... Anonymous -
For every popular piece of proprietary s... Anonymous
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"Well I think that MS products are much... Segovia
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Re: "If Pepsi went around threatening people... Chris Nicolson
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Patent problems? OK Mr. Ballmer, how man... Rob -
Re Re: "If Pepsi went around threatening... Richard
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I'm sick of Microsoft whining that... Rodd Clarkson
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Microsoft will not support OpenDocument in its... Yagotta B. Kidding
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(a) Microsoft's MSXML format won't open in Of... Anonymous
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Microsoft made the decision themselves. They decid... David Finch
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Where was Microsoft's concern for backward compati... Paul Robinson
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What I find funny, is that OOo 2.0 beta 2 sup... Mitch 74
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LIES AND FUD from Yates:
(1) As "a.c." points out,... Rick Stockton
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What a bunch of bull! Not supporting the OpenDocu... David Ross
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The comments from Microsoft don't hold water.
In w... Luke Kendall
