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Story: EC reluctant to recommend OpenDocument
What a shower. They alledgely stand up big and tall by making M$ unbundle WMP but then lie back and let M$ play silly beggars with a universal format.
Government is already admiting that they can not archive documents (thanks to M$ changing again and again) what can be saved by which version.
To have aproduct that will remain constant and accessibile is the aim so who is so thick that they are not prepared to accept facts. The alternative is to ask how much is the bung.
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Story: EC reluctant to recommend OpenDocument
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How wet! John -
What do you expect. The EC can't be decisive,... Anonymous -
One standard is still pending, is backed by a... Rich Steiner -
The XML schema may be open, but from wha... Richard -
Microsoft just paid (23-06-2006) th... Erik Josefsson -
Apparently the EC is willing to spout about open s... Robert Halloran -
The problem is ISO standards accept patents and re... Titus -
What a shower. They alledgely stand up big and ta... IAN McNICOL -
The EC is clueless. Where there's one there are al... Arthur B. -
The EC couldn't be wiser. It should be "concerned... Rodd Clarkson

