Comments on: Microsoft Shows Its Hand, Reveals ‘Puppet Strategy’ http://techrights.org/2007/08/06/microsoft-ooxml-hand/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2007/08/06/microsoft-ooxml-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-1740 Roy Schestowitz Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:05:38 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/08/06/microsoft-ooxml-hand/#comment-1740 <blockquote> Hey, so that means that if my Microsoft Fan friend have a OOXML file I can only open it with Novell products? </blockquote> Actually, that's not far from being true. http://boycottnovell.com/2007/03/14/novell-openoffice/ Also remember that OOXML requires patent protection. More about this in tomorrow's post (backlash in New Zealand). [Personal attacks and stereotypes game ignored]

Hey, so that means that if my Microsoft Fan friend have a OOXML file I can only open it with Novell products?

Actually, that’s not far from being true.

http://boycottnovell.com/2007/03/14/novell-openoffice/

Also remember that OOXML requires patent protection. More about this in tomorrow’s post (backlash in New Zealand).

[Personal attacks and stereotypes game ignored]

]]> By: Igor http://techrights.org/2007/08/06/microsoft-ooxml-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-1736 Igor Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:50:04 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/08/06/microsoft-ooxml-hand/#comment-1736 Hey, so that means that if my Microsoft Fan friend have a OOXML file I can only open it with Novell products? Thats good news!!! Stop being the Software Libre Talibanes... and in the end the only thing that matters is the Users right?... or you think that the philosophy is more important? Hey, so that means that if my Microsoft Fan friend have a OOXML file I can only open it with Novell products?

Thats good news!!!

Stop being the Software Libre Talibanes… and in the end the only thing that matters is the Users right?… or you think that the philosophy is more important?

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2007/08/06/microsoft-ooxml-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-1669 Roy Schestowitz Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:34:38 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/08/06/microsoft-ooxml-hand/#comment-1669 Corel is a long and complex story that goes many years into the past. We have a lot of information summarised in http://boycottnovell.com/category/corel/ . Corel was actually among the first companies to say it would support OOXML. If you look at their history with Microsoft, you might soon realise why. Corel is a long and complex story that goes many years into the past. We have a lot of information summarised in http://boycottnovell.com/category/corel/ . Corel was actually among the first companies to say it would support OOXML. If you look at their history with Microsoft, you might soon realise why.

]]> By: jcwarrior0866 http://techrights.org/2007/08/06/microsoft-ooxml-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-1668 jcwarrior0866 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:47:31 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/08/06/microsoft-ooxml-hand/#comment-1668 Its clear that Novell, Turbolinux, Linspire and Xandros are supporting OOXML because of their respective agreements with Microsoft. However, I don't understand why Corel is supporting it too. Is it, like the picture suggests, that they have also some kind of agreement with Microsoft, or are they simply anticipating to the posibility that OOXML gets the ISO seal (regardless of the quality of the specification)? Could you explain please? Its clear that Novell, Turbolinux, Linspire and Xandros are supporting OOXML because of their respective agreements with Microsoft. However, I don’t understand why Corel is supporting it too. Is it, like the picture suggests, that they have also some kind of agreement with Microsoft, or are they simply anticipating to the posibility that OOXML gets the ISO seal (regardless of the quality of the specification)?

Could you explain please?

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