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

[Ardeshir Mehta]

On 22-Nov-05, at 3:53 AM, Mikael Byström wrote:

> Ardeshir Mehta said:
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>> Isn't OS X proprietary?
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> Is OS X a format? Darwin, the core of OS X, is open sourced.

Ah, yes. My mistake, again.

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

Yes, I made a mistake here.

>> MS Office does everything I expect it to do
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> Good for you!

Well, frankly it does. Of course that's just me.