OOXML: The Return of the Champ

http://rcpmag.com/blogs/weblog.aspx?blog75

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Really, though, what can we learn from this event? There's an old boxing 
adage that says that a challenger has to knock out the champ in order to 
beat him; a decision by the judges will never do. Well, in this case, nobody 
could knock out the champ -- not the open source movement, not rival 
vendors, not bloggers, not the trade press. OOXML's status as a standard 
might not affect our everyday work lives all that much, but it does remind 
us of one thing: Microsoft is still Microsoft, and, when it wants to be, 
Microsoft is still the boss.

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On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 07:37:26 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:

> http://rcpmag.com/blogs/weblog.aspx?blog75
> 
> <quote>
> 
> Really, though, what can we learn from this event? There's an old boxing 
> adage that says that a challenger has to knock out the champ in order to 
> beat him; a decision by the judges will never do. Well, in this case,
nobody 
> could knock out the champ -- not the open source movement, not rival 
> vendors, not bloggers, not the trade press. OOXML's status as a standard 
> might not affect our everyday work lives all that much, but it does remind

> us of one thing: Microsoft is still Microsoft, and, when it wants to be, 
> Microsoft is still the boss.
> 
> </quote>

Linux always seems to be the losing team these days.
Just about everything the Linux community attempts gets hosed.

It must suck to be on the losing team :(


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> On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 07:37:26 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:
>
>> http://rcpmag.com/blogs/weblog.aspx?blog75
>>
>> <quote>
>>
>> Really, though, what can we learn from this event? There's an old
boxing
>> adage that says that a challenger has to knock out the champ in order
to
>> beat him; a decision by the judges will never do. Well, in this case, 
>> nobody
>> could knock out the champ -- not the open source movement, not rival
>> vendors, not bloggers, not the trade press. OOXML's status as a
standard
>> might not affect our everyday work lives all that much, but it does 
>> remind
>> us of one thing: Microsoft is still Microsoft, and, when it wants to
be,
>> Microsoft is still the boss.
>>
>> </quote>
>
> Linux always seems to be the losing team these days.
> Just about everything the Linux community attempts gets hosed.
>
> It must suck to be on the losing team :(
>
Linux reminds one of the child's tale of the ugly duckling.  Here is Linux, 
pining away because it thinks it is Windows when in reality it is a generic 
sort of Unix.  It can shine in the Unix pond, I believe, but it cannot quack 
like a duck and people who want ducks will always know it to be a fake. 

Ezekiel wrote:
> http://rcpmag.com/blogs/weblog.aspx?blog75
> 
> <quote>
> 
> Really, though, what can we learn from this event? There's an old boxing 
> adage that says that a challenger has to knock out the champ in order to 
> beat him; a decision by the judges will never do. Well, in this case,
nobody 
> could knock out the champ -- not the open source movement, not rival 
> vendors, not bloggers, not the trade press. OOXML's status as a standard 
> might not affect our everyday work lives all that much, but it does remind

> us of one thing: Microsoft is still Microsoft, and, when it wants to be, 
> Microsoft is still the boss.
> 
> </quote>
> 
> 
> 
Yes, it has shown that when Microsoft wants something to happen, it can 
surely but the happening.

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Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 07:37:26 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:
> 
>> http://rcpmag.com/blogs/weblog.aspx?blog75
>>
>> <quote>
>>
>> Really, though, what can we learn from this event? There's an old
boxing 
>> adage that says that a challenger has to knock out the champ in order
to 
>> beat him; a decision by the judges will never do. Well, in this case,
nobody 
>> could knock out the champ -- not the open source movement, not rival 
>> vendors, not bloggers, not the trade press. OOXML's status as a
standard 
>> might not affect our everyday work lives all that much, but it does
remind 
>> us of one thing: Microsoft is still Microsoft, and, when it wants to
be, 
>> Microsoft is still the boss.
>>
>> </quote>
> 
> Linux always seems to be the losing team these days.
> Just about everything the Linux community attempts gets hosed.
> 
> It must suck to be on the losing team :(
> 
> 
Why do you use an OS that you apparently think is so bad?

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