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1. Comment - Librarians Voice Support for OpenDoc

   (Dec 17, 2005 - 5:29 PM)

   Firstly, I am forced to use M$ Office for the place I work but, I have yet to find a document that can be correctly converted from M$ Office 2003 to PDF using Acrobat 7... But they ALWAYS convert perfectly with Open Office and without as many accessibility errors. We have had to s*** everyone who publishes documents to the web to Open Office just to do our jobs...
   
   Second, I feel that if any format or other that has become a standard should immediately loose any and all patents and copyrights related. A public standard is supposed to be a good thing for the people. It is CRIMINAL to require anyone to purchase a product at any cost or make them agree to end user licenses just to use or develop for the PUBLIC standard. Governments are supposed to protect the public from this kind of thing, yet many of these politicians cater to them. This is what is CRIMINAL... I am sure if someone dug deep enough, someone is being paid-off... Why else would anyone in their right mind choose a proprietary format over an open one...
   
   If anyone ever finds a public document that they can't open FREELY, without any license restrictions or end user agreements, I suggest they file a lawsuit. Huge class-action suits are the only way to turn things around and make things right...
   
   Steve