Not people, servers!
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| mvermeer Oct 19, 2005 5:06 AM EDT |
I wish it were true that Mass's adoption of ODF was prompted by
people wanting to reclaim control of their own data. I reality I
see no such wish... most people I know are perfectly happy to let their
data be 0wned by MS. No, it is the Massachusetts servers that are wise here: they want a documented format that allows them to exchange data in a way that allows them to understand, and continue to understand, what it is that they are exchanging, preferably without humans getting their sticky fingers in. And was about time! I have been arguing until green in the face that visual formatting, 'finger painting', is evil. Hardly anybody listens. I like the LaTeX document processor that did this avant la lettre, long before everyone started getting worked up about XML. The more I get to know humans, the more I like computers. Here's to hoping that computers will soon take over this planet from their disastrous carbon-based predecessors, and that they may do a better job of it ;-) OK I know, grumpy afternoon... |
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