Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OpenOffice to be dumped in Freiburg ?

On 11/19/2012 07:49 AM, VA wrote:
> The truly maddening part is that, if more people used LibO, then the 
> .ODT format would become "standard" and MS would be relegated to 
> irrelevance.
>
> So, Office wins because corporations buy it, making its file format 
> "standard," which forces the rest of us to conform.
>
> It's absolutely crazy.
>
> Virgil
ODF formats are the international standard so technically MS is not 
being standards compliant. This may be very useful if someone where to 
sue MS for monopolistic practices.
> -----Original Message----- From: Tanstaafl
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 7:32 AM
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OpenOffice to be dumped in 
> Freiburg ?
>
> On 2012-11-19 6:54 AM, M Henri Day <mhenriday@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2012/11/19 Tanstaafl<tanstaafl@libertytrek.org>
> <snip>
> > > I don't see this happening any more. Microsoft is on a roll now, coming
> > > out with new versions *far* more often than they used to (which 
> > > means they
> > > can 'improve' the file formats much more often). My understanding is 
> > > they
> > > are actually pushing ultimately to a subscriptions based model - but 
> > > this
> > > could end up being good news, because imnsho, dong this could 
> > > actually back
> > > fire on them though (fingers crossed)... when I discussed this with my
> > > boss, he commented that the day Microsoft *forces* us to have to 
> > > 'renew'
> > > our licenses annually is the day he will never upgrade again (just 
> > > stay on
> > > whatever version we currently have until the world ends).
Subscription based models are probably better for the vendor not the 
user over the life of the product. I suspect the fees will be charged 
monthly instead of annually to lower the sticker shock and even out cash 
flow.

Implicit in this model is that users will being using the "Cloud" to 
access the programs rather than having it installed on their machines. 
This raises another set of issues about the "Cloud" versus local 
installation.
> > An excellent exposition of the methods used by Microsoft to «protect» 
> > its
> > «intellectual property» - more accurately described as using its
> > quasi-monopoly to exclude others from the market....
>
> There is one more hing that could turn this around - if the EU (or some
> other major governmental entity) were to engage in and win an antitrust
> lawsuit against Microsoft and force them to *fully* document their file
> formats, as happened with their Windows Server SMB protocols (which I
> understand has benefited the Samba project immensely).


--
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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