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Re: [xml-dev] "Open XML" et al... Blech... Re: [xml-dev] Microsoft buys the Swedish vote on OOXML?
- From: "Bill Kearney" <wkearney@syndic8.com>
- To: <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 08:56:05 -0400
> Well... we don't really need to rehash the whole
> who-do-we-thank-for-word processors / spreadsheets thing. I used
> WordStar in 1982, WordPerfect later, Visicalc in DOS, etc. There are
> only so many ways (so far) to do a word processor or a spreadsheet, and
> the only real innovation that stands out was the original Visicalc.
>
> Microsoft has been paid more than enough for Office and Windows.
According to who? You? And what gives you this right?
> but that doesn't invalidate my
> recognizing it for what it is.
A clone of someone else's hard work. Dress it up all you want, but spare me
the bullshit.
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