Altova Mailing List Archives>Archive Index >xml-dev Archive Home >Recent entries >Thread Prev - Microsoft buys the Swedish vote on OOXML? [Thread Next] Re: [xml-dev] "Open XML" et al... Blech... Re: [xml-dev] Microsoft buys the Swedish vote on OOXML?To: <xml-dev@-----.---.---> Date: 9/7/2007 12:56:00 PM > 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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