Re: [libreoffice-users] beware of the m$ subsidiary

On 17/04/12 23:16, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> To quote Battlestar Galactica "All this has happened before and will happen again".
>
> Other companies have also tried opening OpenSource departments or sections that work on allegedly OpenSource projects with 
> varying success.  Quality of the licenses is checked by various people and organisations.  "The Linux Foundation" 
> and the "Free Software Foundation" are good.  If the licenses allow people to check the code then the code gets 
> checked too.  If the licenses don't allow people to explore the code then it's not OpenSource anyway.  MS's kernel 
> contributions apparently got cleaned up by non-MS people because MS wouldn't clean up the code themsleves.  NVidia's 
> hybrid, partly OpenSource drivers led to big improvements in the properly OpenSource drivers and now NVidia cards seem to 
> be better than Ati in Gnu&Linux even tho many of us would prefer to get Ati cards.
>
> Most of us do have to continue to support MS formats but that doesn't mean we have to use them 
> exclusively.
>
> Have you ever worked in an office and found a bunch of people all smoke together or chip off down 
> the pub together and become an unofficial clique that work together better and support each other 
> more than the rest of the office?  That sort of thing is beginning to happen with ODF users.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
> --- On Tue, 17/4/12, webmaster-Kracked_P_P<webmaster@krackedpress.com>  wrote:
>
> From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P<webmaster@krackedpress.com>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] beware of the m$ subsidiary
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Tuesday, 17 April, 2012, 13:01
>
>
> Well, it is always good to promote ODF, but if you work in a business environment, you cannot get 
> away from MSO's file formats.  I create the documents in LO and save my copy in ODF, but I still 
> have to send editable files to some people who's business or agency has not or cannot switch to LO. 
>  So for these people/businesses/agencies, I need to send them MSO file formatted documents.
>
> Promote LO and ODF, but you still have to deal with those who have not switched over to LO and/or ODF.  Most 
> government agencies [USA] at all levels are not "allowed" to use any other office package but MSO 
> AND are forbidden to install software on their computers, including screen-savers and such.  I know of one 
> that will not allow the use of USB devices as well.  So, until everyone switches to ODF, we must continue to 
> save some of our documents to MSO formates and send them off to others.
>
> On 04/17/2012 07:50 AM, e-letter wrote:
> > Readers,
> >
> > M$ is allegedly seeking to invest in "interoperability" and open
> > source: 
> > http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/microsoft-forms-subsidiary-engage-open-source-communities-190790.
> >
> > Perhaps more for 'Groklaw', but isn't this a potential trojan horse to
> > pollute GPLv3? We will see true "interoperability" only when odf and
> > openformula become the defaults within m$o. Until then, please avoid
> > creation of m$ formats using LO and continue to promote odf.

Which pub? ;)

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