Ou's own argument makes a lot more sense if you assume that Microsoft Windows will be the only operating system you run, now and in future

what it would take for ODF products to support disabled users - thx for forwarding, David

for the record, i was one of the folks involved in this conversation, and while i agree with many of the points i bet the opposite. i'll claim that dinner yet :)

interesting new addition to the ODF TC

great summary of the ODF MA council meeting

wow, even Foley's semi-recommending that MS just support ODF; incidentally, it shouldn't be called OpenDoc - that's a different format

pushback to the nonsensical previous Fox News anti-ODF piece

Winer's take on the ODF; needless to say, i don't agree

eWeek, October 11th, 2005

SearchOpenSource.com, October 10th, 2005

interesting analysis from orcmid of the ODF vs MSXML patent/license issues

ZDNet UK, October 6th, 2005

very solid breakdown of the Brian Jones OASIS License FUD claims and Sun's response

Bray on the implications of ODF

interesting...if anyone from Corel reads this, get in touch - want to know more about this. if not, i'll be hunting them down ASAP

wherin Simon deconstructs some of Brian Jones of the Office team's claims about IP ownership

the KOffice folks respond to Yates (via /.)

Ruby on the ODF/MA deal

can't wait to hear this (via Bray via Berlind)

fascinating notes from a debate on the ODF/MA decision

it's not too often that i find myself on the same side as Nicholas Carr, but we're definitely in agreement on this point

well, now i don't have to write this, because Stephe's said it better than i could ;)

Tim notes that Apple's even less of an open player than Microsoft; most unfortunate, as ODF support with their suite would be a huge win for Apple, IMO

fine piece, up until the commentary on Massachusetts, where i think she goes off the rails

usually on the same page as Jon, but not on this one; i want less email, not more. and it's not really about compound documents, it's about the thousands of millions of deliverables/proposals/invoices/etc created every day - i might not like it, but offic

Mike responds to Tim Bray, among others

i'm being told this is not a trivial exercise, surprisingly, but need some more evidence

don't agree, obviously

i'd like to hear Matt's take on why MSFT should not support the ODF alongside of its own format, provided that customers ask for it

Tim's take on the Microsoft MA response

more interesting commentary from Gary Edwards re: ODF community, etc

IBM's Sutor on Open Document format conversations

this could be a big deal