https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/11/microsoft-infuriated/ Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:11:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/11/microsoft-infuriated/#comment-1696 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:11:40 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/11/microsoft-infuriated/#comment-1696 I want to avoid using the converter. My policy is, don’t send me OOXML documents. I shred them.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/11/microsoft-infuriated/#comment-1695 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:30:45 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/11/microsoft-infuriated/#comment-1695 Vendor lock-in. And when MS controls most of the market, also those who wouldn’t buy MS Office have to.OOXML is a delay tactic. It is so complex that it is unlikely for the F/OSS movement to implement it. MS keeps on ruling the market.But the F/OSS movement strikes back…http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/11/microsoft-infuriated/#comment-1694 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:34:31 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/11/microsoft-infuriated/#comment-1694 I wonder why Microsoft can’t just adopt ODF? Is it because they want to keep people locked in, or because they’d have to rewrite Word from scratch to be able to support ODF. I suspect it’s both based on how crappy OOXML is.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/11/microsoft-infuriated/#comment-1693 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:58:41 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/11/microsoft-infuriated/#comment-1693 Good for the Dutch. Open standards are a good thing.

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