Holy Macaroni! At first, when viewed in the feeds reader, the following article seemed like humour, but it's not (it's from April 3
rd, not April 1
st). The Times of India, a respectable publication, has just
published an article with the headline: "MS says it won open source war." This refers only to the
OOXML fiasco. So, what on earth is "open source" here (mind another hijack of this term) and what makes this a win, let alone a "war"? It's only an isolated step, which was taken using sheer corruption that remains
under investigation with an appeal.
OOXML won't ever be implemented and whatever strives to implement something close to it is not open source, it's proprietary.
OOXML itself is proprietary.
Can you see how Microsoft hijacks the team "open source" and puts it up for display in mainstream papers, claiming that it "won the open source war"? As in defeated others at an open source game, using proprietary formats? What would an innocent non-techie reader think? The term "open source" is being artificially diluted here and this dilution serves no-one but Microsoft. Remember
Aras?
On a brighter note, if you want some OOXML humour,
Groklaw has some.
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Comments
Victor Soliz
2008-04-03 13:38:55
CoolGuy
2008-04-03 16:27:54
If someone complains he will call him names and use his money and power to sue anyone in his way including teachers, classmates, principal, school - he has to have his own way and will cross all boundaries to do that...
PeterKraus
2008-04-03 19:50:05
Roy Schestowitz
2008-04-03 22:19:02