Re: ACM Ada Letters

From: Marin David Condic (nobody_at_noplace.com)
Date: 11/08/03

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    Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 13:01:06 GMT

    Amen, brother! Even if OpenOffice isn't perfect, I can feel reasonably
    certain that nobody is going to suddenly come out with a file format for
    the next generation product that is going to a) be incompatible with
    what I've already built or b) require I spend extra money to convert
    things or to be compatible with what other people are using or C) have
    some sort of Engulf & Devour scheme built in to make sure I'm locked in
    or others have to get locked in or all sorts of information has to be
    accessible to The Borg or some other invasion of my rights takes place.

    It might not be a bad idea to make some Ada tools that work off of
    OpenOffice file formats. It would let Ada play in that arena and Ada
    would get the benefits of complimentary technology being available.

    MDC

    Wes Groleau wrote:
    >
    > A _good_ reason might be "it comes from Microsoft." :-)
    > 

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