[odf-discuss] Microsoft playing footsie with China?

[Ian Lynch]

On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 14:04 -0700, Christian Einfeldt wrote:
> hi
> 
> On 5/21/07, Ian Lynch <ian.lynch at zmsl.com> wrote:
>         
>         http://tinyurl.com/3ydu8b
> 
> IMHO, if Microsoft was serious about supporting open standards, they
> would simply abandon their MOOXML and go with ODF.  This is an attempt
> to get close to the Chinese government, so that they can get more
> favorable treatement with them, and eventually steer the world's most
> populous nation back into their camp. 

Some hope since only about 2% of software used in China actually gets
paid for. The culture is piracy so I guess MS thinks getting anything
out of them is better than nothing ;-)

Ian
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