[ale] petition

[Jeff Rose]

I agree.  Office is a very powerful tool but it'd be nice to see some of
the open source office suites develop.  Plus I kind of like my box to be
MS free.  I feel cleaner for some reason.  Compatibility is the real
issue here.  MS knows that if it can control formats it can control
computing by forcing everyone to use their software in order to be
compatible with everyone else.  That's what scares the hell out of them
about open source.

Jeff

On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 20:43, Geoffrey wrote:
> I've come to the conclusion that we need to get the word out. I've heard 
> that the hold out states on the Microsoft trial want Microsoft to port 
> Office to Linux.  I don't know about you, but I don't want Office taking 
> my Linux box down.  I think the proper solution is for Microsoft to 
> publish their file formats.  What do you folks think?  I want to get a 
> petition going.  I've dead serious about this.
> 
> Anyone know how you would go about this, from the legal standpoint?  I 
> can throw up a site for this purpose on no time, but how do I get it to 
> the right people, so that it can be 'heard?'
> 
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> Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
> 
> "...the system (Microsoft passport) carries significant risks to users that
> are not made adequately clear in the technical documentation available."
> - David P. Kormann and Aviel D. Rubin, AT&T Labs - Research
> - http://www.avirubin.com/passport.html
> 
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