On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Craig White wrote: > The good thing about standards is that there are so many of them to > choose from... especially when you propose one standard, it is rejected, > then the subsequent standard is approved but you only implement the one > that was rejected. > > http://www.adjb.net/post/Microsoft-Fails-the-Standards-Test.aspx > > While I am convinced that today is proof positive that Steve Jobs is PT > Barnum reincarnated, the above link pretty much clarifies why > interchangeable data between applications is impossible. Because they > never had any intentions of incorporating the standards that they had > written. > > It's clear to me that both Apple and Microsoft believe that people just > don't care that both companies have every intention of making you pay > for perceived convenience while working feverishly to obscure the > efforts that they spend to limit your options. > I agree. It's called ROI verses exclusive market share. > > Craig > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Office: (480)307-8707 AT&T: (503)754-4452 Systems Engineer Ivedasolutions.com