On Sunday 9 October 2005 01:53, Sid Boyce wrote: -------------------[ 8< ]--------------------------------------------
OOo imports and exports PDF, so they would be able to import the PDF, edit it and export as their own format or PDF, similarly a new document could be created and exported as PDF, etc. Clue-ful or clueless, that doesn't stop MS trying it on and engaging in a protracted argument trying to persuade enough users to exert pressure on their behalf ... our PDF is compliant, just lets you do more - remember the tricks they tried to play with kerberos until they were stamped on. MS has always used OSS, their IP stack straight out of BSD and for ages hotmail ran on BSD. Regards Sid.
And don't forget their switch to OSS-webservers during a worldwide virusattack. That should say something about their confidence in their own products... It shurly said something about *my* confidence in their products. Switched to Linux in the early days (Something 'round the beginning of '93) cause even then Linux was providing more functionality than Windows 3.1(1) Never regretted that decision. And see what happenend in roughly ten years.. -- Peter M. Groen Open Systems Development Klipperwerf 12 2317 DZ Leiden T: +31-(0)-71-5216317 M: +31-(0)6-29563390 E: info@osdev.xs4all.nl