http://mihirshah.wordpress.com/2007/02/03/microsoft-has-released-tools-that-should-make-it-much-easier-for-users-to-share-and-save-text-based-files/ Njoy Every moment... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:59:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://mihirshah.wordpress.com/2007/02/03/microsoft-has-released-tools-that-should-make-it-much-easier-for-users-to-share-and-save-text-based-files/#comment-26 tsolum Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:39:18 +0000 http://mihirshah.wordpress.com/2007/02/03/microsoft-has-released-tools-that-should-make-it-much-easier-for-users-to-share-and-save-text-based-files/#comment-26 Actually if Microsoft would switch to the ODF then this tool would not be needed. As usual though Microsoft insists on its own proprietary format so that it ties users to Microsoft. If MS used ODF then the users would have choice of what software the user could use, instead of something MS made. ODF is not proprietary software, it is open source, meaning free, you can look at the source code, change it, improve it, sell it, just plain use it. You cannot do that with proprietary software. Actually if Microsoft would switch to the ODF then this tool would not be needed. As usual though Microsoft insists on its own proprietary format so that it ties users to Microsoft. If MS used ODF then the users would have choice of what software the user could use, instead of something MS made. ODF is not proprietary software, it is open source, meaning free, you can look at the source code, change it, improve it, sell it, just plain use it. You cannot do that with proprietary software.

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