[Opensource] Boxing standards

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Malicious computing (?? !!!!)  ROTFL :-D

Regards Roland

PS: BTW, pop in a global request to whitelist that one. :-)

On 24/08/07, Daniel Stefyn <dstefyn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If we respect the DE&T filters, that link is clearly contraband and this
> thought crime should not be tolerated. See attached screenshot
>
>
> On 8/23/07, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Take a deep breath, there is a huge fist fight brewing in government
> > back rooms.. Seems as if there may have been some deals going on to convince
> > the world that we should trust a corporate company for an International
> > standard. The author of this article wisely notes:
> >
> > "It is already spinning "open standard" to mean "closed format heavily
> > protected by secrets and patents". Free software won't be able to implement
> > OOXML, and users will be locked-in to Microsoft's proprietary world for
> > decades. It's a clever abuse of the standards process."
> > http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/fighting_ooxml
> >
> >
> > --
> > Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> > http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
> >
> > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
> > change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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