Stephen Nails Micropants
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| tadelste Nov 22, 2005 10:39 AM EDT |
Kids know that when one kid lies all the time, the next thing out of his mouth is likely to be another lie. So what's the IT buying public's excuse for thinking Microsoft's new embrace of openness is anything other than a lie? It's one thing for Microsoft to declare that it will open up its Office XML file formats and have them be recognized as a formal standard by Ecma. It's another thing entirely for this so-called standard to be a real open standard. |
| jdixon Nov 22, 2005 4:36 PM EDT |
Well, like most of us here, Steven has been dealing with Microsoft's lies, deception, and lawlessness for a long time. It's not that surprising that he's come to expect the worst. Of course, I suspect that he's absolutely correct. We'll just have to wait and see exactly what Microsoft does to poison the well this time. |
| tadelste Nov 22, 2005 5:33 PM EDT |
Well, I submitted this story to Digg and it's now on the front page. Maybe someone in Boston will read it. That would be nice. |
| tuxchick Nov 22, 2005 5:54 PM EDT |
'Stephen Nails Micropants' sounds like a Simpsons character. |
| tadelste Nov 22, 2005 6:17 PM EDT |
I'll write Fox and see. |
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