what can we learn from this "add"?

Gábor Stefanik netrolller.3d at gmail.com
Tue Apr 10 15:25:26 PDT 2012


"Cost of compromise" is definitely the worst. Utter bullshxt.
Apparently following an ISO standard and refusing to prefer a
proprietary file format ("open" in name only) counts as an
"interoperability failure".

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton
<dennis.hamilton at acm.org> wrote:
> Well, of course it is about LibreOffice, at least on Windows.
>
> I despise these campaigns.  The one about GoogleDocs is also icky.  It's too much like dealing with an used-car salesman.
>
> There are ways for Microsoft to promote the Office feature set without calling out alternatives, and there are more playful ways of drawing comparisons (thinking of the Mac v. PC business back-and-forth and the Windows Phone bake-off against your smartphone $100 bets).
>
> This just makes Microsoft folks look scared and heartless.
>
>  - Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: libreoffice-bounces+dennis.hamilton=acm.org at lists.freedesktop.org [mailto:libreoffice-bounces+dennis.hamilton=acm.org at lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of Ivan Timofeev
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:21
> To: Luc Castermans
> Cc: Libreoffice
> Subject: Re: what can we learn from this "add"?
>
> Hi Luc,
>
> On 10.04.2012 11:31, Luc Castermans wrote:
>> Altough not about LibreOffice we should learn from attached:
>> http://www.whymicrosoft.com/en-us/pages/openoffice.aspx
>
> Don't take it to heart ;) Microsoft makes money.
>
> Ivan
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