First...

>>>Openoffice looks and feels like Office, the toolbars are the same, etc

Dude, what basement you been locked in? If you even try to argue that OpenOffice has the polish of Office97, let alone Office 2007, you need medication.

(You also realize there are more security holes and stabilities issues with OpenOffice, and the stabilitiy issues are why businesss is going, "Ya we will pass for now."


Anyway, back to my topic...

The way ODF is designed, it doesn't have standards set for many features included in Office Document formats, from Ink and contextual linking, to tons of crap mose OpenOffice and ODF people don't even get.

So this means Microsoft will create these 'additions' to ODF, just as the specification allows. And ODF will be basic ODF with Microsoft standardized features tacked on.

The only thing ODF wins is the basic RTF and container format standards. PERIOD.

ODF for the rest of the world that deals with saving INK and OCRed images and 'recognized' voice in documents (like MS OOXML does inherently), will be using the same Microsoft designed extensions to ODF to support these features.

So what did ODF win? Oh ya, nothing sadly...

Now that OOXML is definately history as an ISO standard, Microsoft will change their tactics to the well-known embrace, extend and extinguish (EEE) method. Microsoft must not be allowed to destroy the ODF standard. Be afraid, be very afraid.

Read more about EEE here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace%2C_extend_and_extinguish

This article is drenched in so much hatred towards MS that it puts Charlie Demerijan in shame. He's usually the one to go over the top with over-exaggerated venom.

www.openoffice.org - free office suite with work-like writer, excel-like spreadsheet, powerpoint-like etc, you get the message.

Openoffice looks and feels like Office, the toolbars are the same, etc.

Openoffice is free and it works on almost anything. windows, linux, probably even a mac!

You can open and save as MS Office file types, it's fully compatible.

Why pay for MS Office when some techs will make one almost the same for free?

Georgey likes to be held to ransom by a monopolistic single supplier.

He likes to pay over the odds and forced into a corner about how to manage his documents and software. 

He likes to be screwed down by activations, license keys and he likes to have someone else decide what he should and shouldn't be able to do and how much it should cost him

He probably likes the RIAA as well

He obviously doesn't like ODF.


Wow, George - that is some pretty insightful comment there. Now go back to your room, play-time is over, and don't get back on the computer without permission from your mommy.

"piece of trash article
classic fud by a ODF-supporter.

Why don't you go make something more valuable in your life?
posted by : george, 20 June 2008 "

You can play football in pads and helmet, if you insist. But all your goals are belong to us, and no carrying the ball. This is not hand ball, and we will yellow card your passing tiffs. However, if you barneys an obstruction it will be Red Card for Redmond.

classic fud by a ODF-supporter.

Why don't you go make something more valuable in your life?