Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 23, 2005 09:26 AM
Microsoft's attitude reminds me of my family's attitude toward the "nervous breakdown" I suffered a few years ago and am still recovering from (major depression, anxiety disorders and such).
My family does not "get it" about mental health and has been unwilling to make the effort to do so. It's been suggested that they don't "get it" for one simple reason; if they do, they'll have to do something. Like take my illness seriously and be supportive and loving to help me get back on my feet.
Microsoft does not "get it" about open standards and are unwilling to do so for the same reason; they'll have to do something. Particularly, they'll have to compete on the merits of their software (which IMHO is laughable and has been for many years) instead of marketing and market domination.
Massachusetts "gets it" as far as open standards are concerned--they want it to be possible for people (especially historians, I gather) in the "Star Trek" centuries (23rd and 24th if I remember correctly) to be able to develop software that can open documents written in the 21st. And the only way to do that is to have a publicly documented standard so that software can be developed (from scratch, if necessary) that will run on whatever computers (or successors to computers) exist in the "Star Trek" centuries.
Microsoft, a paradigm shift is in process. Hop to the new one or be left behind.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 23, 2005 09:26 AMMy family does not "get it" about mental health and has been unwilling to make the effort to do so. It's been suggested that they don't "get it" for one simple reason; if they do, they'll have to do something. Like take my illness seriously and be supportive and loving to help me get back on my feet.
Microsoft does not "get it" about open standards and are unwilling to do so for the same reason; they'll have to do something. Particularly, they'll have to compete on the merits of their software (which IMHO is laughable and has been for many years) instead of marketing and market domination.
Massachusetts "gets it" as far as open standards are concerned--they want it to be possible for people (especially historians, I gather) in the "Star Trek" centuries (23rd and 24th if I remember correctly) to be able to develop software that can open documents written in the 21st. And the only way to do that is to have a publicly documented standard so that software can be developed (from scratch, if necessary) that will run on whatever computers (or successors to computers) exist in the "Star Trek" centuries.
Microsoft, a paradigm shift is in process. Hop to the new one or be left behind.
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