Summary: Microsoft caught failing with OOXML/MSO, Wikipedia mischief noted again, and more wins for OOo and ODF
"E
specially for those brainless ** who maintain that supporting the "de facto standard" means the best interoperability imaginable," Richard Rasker
says and shares this report from The Register, which aligns with what we already know (that
the Mac version of Microsoft Office is not compatible with the Windows version).
Microsoft's recently released Service Pack 2 for Office 2008 for Mac makes it impossible for many users to open Office files created on PCs.
"Yup, sounds like Microsoft to me," adds Rasker. "And to think that Microsoft Office is actually their only reliable cash cow apart from Windows. One might expect a little better trial and testing before inconveniencing people like this, now mightn't one?
“And to think that Microsoft Office is actually their only reliable cash cow apart from Windows.”
--Richard Rasker"Anyway, I think I'll stick with OpenOffice for the foreseeable future. It simply works, no strings attached. Not to mention the fact that those brainless ** from Redmond have failed to produce a viable version of Microsoft Office for Linux for what, the past decade? 'Proves that they're just **, deserving every bit of scorn loaded on their sorry backsides."
The OpenOffice.org team has meanwhile come up with an interface prototype for future versions of the software, which will be released by Oracle. One of their engineers explains:
The prototyping phase, to create a new user interface for OpenOffice.org, has ended last week. See our monthly project Renaissance status presentation for July and try the prototype yourself (Java 6 required). It is not only about Impress, we are working on a UI for the entire OOo. You will be asked to give feedback when closing the prototype. Make use of it!
Microsoft is obviously nervous about OpenOffice.org because
it mentions the "P" word. Microsoft is also very nervous about ODF, which
it fought like fire (Microsoft still fights against ODF in more subtle ways [
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7]). Looking at the past 2 days alone, watch how unfamiliar people are stripping off remaining Microsoft criticism from the ODF article in Wikipedia [
1,
2]. How
familiar a sight. See for example:
The latest malicious edits in Wikipedia are pretending that it doesn't matter what Microsoft does to Wikipedia and what the ODF Alliance says about Microsoft's behaviour. It gets whitewashed and John Drinkwater reverses it thusly (by calling it "vandalism"). From the
first correction:
Revision as of 19:47, 31 July 2009 (edit) (undo)
Johndrinkwater (talk | contribs)
m (Undid revision 305273577 by 200.156.24.98 (talk) revert vandalism)
From the
second correction:
Revision as of 21:30, 31 July 2009 (edit) (undo)
Johndrinkwater (talk | contribs)
m (Undid revision 305237624 by 201.51.5.110 (talk) why remove this?)
In other news, somebody
claims that "PSPP now supports output on ODF format!"
No wonder Microsoft is so nervous.
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“It’s a Simple Matter of [Microsoft’s] Commercial Interests!“
--Microsoft on OOXML
