[Dean's World] Dean: Adopting Open Standards

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Posted by Dean:
Adopting Open Standards
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1147410168.shtml


   It's good to see more and more companies and government offices
   embracing Open Source software, and open document standards. Anything
   that chips away at Microsoft's monopoly on such things is good for
   consumers and the IT world in general.

   One way Microsoft has been able to keep their monopoly position on
   Microsoft Office has been in refusing to allow their Office products
   to directly support open document standards. [1]Too bad for them a
   plugin has been developed that'll allow Microsoft Office users to work
   with Open Office documents directly.

   I assume that when the new version of Office is released, Microsoft
   will play their usual tricks and do their best to sabotage that
   plug-in. Anyone who thinks they wouldn't be that brazen just hasn't
   been watching this company long enough (I've been watching them over
   20 years now, and there's nothing they're too shameless to try--at
   all).

References

   1. http://www.techworld.com/mobility/news/index.cfm?newsID=5981&pagtype=samechan