From: Adam 

Geo wrote:

> Would it be funny if MS announced they were going to support something
> that wasn't currently supported? I would think as governments begin to
> develop their own opensource software they should be viewed from that
> same point, no?
>

OH BTW. PDF.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26631

"Microsoft is adding PDF support to Office 12. First, this is a very
good thing, no question there, it was probably the most requested feature
that Office could have. It is also 10 years too late.

Now, you could look at it from the perspective Microsoft wants you to, that
is it is getting request after request for it, that sounds good. The other
way you could look at it is it resisted said requests, nothing new mind
you, for a decade or so. Then suddenly, it does an about face in a matter
of a week or two and support the format of their last sworn enemey before
Google? Why? Keep in mind this honestly huge long sought after feature
wasn't even on the agenda at PDC a couple of weeks ago. Odd that.

The answer is painfully simple, Open Document. Microsoft has its ass to the
wall, the blindfold is being fitted, and cigarette choices are being argued
about with respect to the Massachusetts requirements.

For reasons we discussed earlier, it can't support the format even though
it is on the steering committee. So, what do you do? Stall and
bluster."


& one would have thought that if all docs were moving towards an XML
format of one variety or another then it would be simple for MS to support
OpenDocument (or indeed XForms) easily given wot awesome K0d1ng dudes they
keep saying they are.

Adam

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