Answer to a blog comment
Over at Mr. Brill's site, there was a discussion a few days ago about ODF vs. OOXML. Tony, an long-time MS booster at Ed's asks the question
Can someone tell me how limiting my choice is a good thing? And how the adoption of OOXML as well as ODF would be a bad thing for the industry? Yes it would be great to have one document format. But we don’t.
What if I propose a new traffic standard? I want the new Freeman Stop sign to be green. It's one little change. No big deal. I'm going to submit my new standard for implementation across all the municipalities in the US.
What's wrong with competing standards? How could limiting choice be a good thing? Why would adoption of the Freeman Stop sign be a bad thing for drivers? If some municipalities choose to have green stop signs, does that harm their drivers? Does it harm drivers in neighboring communities?
Comments
Posted by Tim Tripcony At 05:37:06 PM On 06/15/2007 | - Website - |
They don't need your help and they might actually try to go ahead with the green stop sign.
Posted by Vitor Pereira At 05:40:32 PM On 06/15/2007 | - Website - |
Posted by Ben Langhinrichs At 08:08:20 AM On 06/16/2007 | - Website - |
Posted by Ed Brill At 04:45:00 PM On 06/16/2007 | - Website - |
Maybe we should have designed our cities wiht one way streets.
Posted by Slawek Rogulski At 11:03:38 PM On 06/17/2007 | - Website - |
Posted by Slawek Rogulski At 11:05:31 PM On 06/17/2007 | - Website - |