Re: [opendocument-users] Microsoft Puts Up Misstatements About ODF

[Adam Moore <adammooreooo@gmail.com>]

On 12/13/05, David Faure <faure@kde.org> wrote:
> Actually MS isn't so wrong there...
> "The OASIS committee did not focus on the requirements, constraints, and experiences of Microsoft customers."
> That is most certainly true. The format is heavily based on the requirements, constraints, and experiences of
> *Sun* customers and KOffice users and developers though, and nothing says that
> those requirements are totally different. But for sure we didn't target *Microsoft*'s customers.

Was that a concious decision or was it because there was no available
information on how to make it backward compatible and microsoft wasn't
participating to help?

The list following was excellent. Thank you for your help.

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Adam Moore
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