Re: [opendocument-users] simple OO.org document goes awry in MS Office 2007 w/SP2 - what went wrong?

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

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.

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