Microsoft Office - pros and cons (was: Re: [Ti] OpenOffice on Mac)

[Mikael Byström]

Ardeshir Mehta said:

>Isn't OS X proprietary?

Is OS X a format? Darwin, the core of OS X, is open sourced. Anyway, that
is beside the point.

>What about incentive? Open standards means, does it not, that  
>developers don't have a financial incentive to come up with something  
>better and better as time goes by ... yes?

No, it means developers have to focus on prividing good programs rather
than "locking-in" their users in whatever format.
Or in other words as Chris just pointed out: "Open standards foster
competition for the best implementation of the standard". Very well put.

>MS Office does everything I expect it to do

Good for you!