[odf-discuss] Gnome, Ecma, and what governments (and FOSS?) should have done

[Alberto Barrionuevo]

On Saturday 03 November 2007 16:19:37 Jody Goldberg wrote:
> - I am in favour of well documented specifications and do not
>       care whether MOOX is an ISO standard.
>     - I wish ODF was better designed and documented, and do not care
>       that it is an ISO standard.

The problem is that you "do not care" about what is actually more important in 
real world.

ISO standards is what governemts chose. This is a fact unfortunatelly.

Governments are who will decide which format will prevail.

The standard that prevails will decide surelly if the desktop will continue in 
the hand of only one company or if on the contrary free desktops will have a 
chance of to be massivelly adopted by the market.

But you "do not care" of that format to be controled by one only company, 
Microsoft, that has shown specially aggresive tactics against free software 
and that constitutes the biggest monopoly in software that ever existed.

Sorry, but you should care a little bit of the implications of your actions.

This is not a kids game. We are speaking about the free market in IT for all 
us or on the contrary about to continue suffering a monopoly that will block 
the development of our business and initiatives in favour of a monopoly only.

Everybody should care. Check that Microsoft does a lot.

Me too,
   Alberto.