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Subject: Re: [opendocument-users] simple OO.org document goes awry in MS Office 2007 w/SP2 - what went wrong?
Jan Wildeboer scripsit: > Polemics aside - the Plugfest idea is not unique. Look up "NFS > Connectathon". Or for that matter "TCP and IP bakeoff", which goes back to 1978 and had a great deal to do with creating an interoperable Internet. RFC 1025 describes (in hindsight) what was done in the bakeoffs. > Interoperability is not a given thing. It needs work, communication > and support. > > The standard will never answer all questions. And if it would, it > wouldn't help innovation. > > It's a delicate balance. It is not black and white. Amen. -- One art / There is John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org> No less / No more http://www.ccil.org/~cowan All things / To do With sparks / Galore --Douglas Hofstadter
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