[odf-discuss] Mass may endorse OXML.

[Daniel Carrera]

Chris Puttick wrote:
> If they think it is easier and cheaper to go with
> Microsoft because they have Microsoft then they are correct; they are
> already locked in.

True. Of course it's easier to stay with MS because they are locked in. 
This is why we need open standards in the first place, to get out of 
vendor lock-in.

> Of course Mass. implementing MS products as part of this policy would
> be legally challengeable - their policy refers to Ecma OOXML which is
> proveably not supported by MS Office 2k7 (and presumably not the
> plugins for MS Office 2k3).
> 
> Chris P
>