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- by kdehairy April 5, 2009 6:49 AM PDT
- if i were microsoft or amazone i'd refuse too .. without even reading what is said.
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Showing 2 of 2 pages (52 Comments)it's the principle of openness is what is broken here .. how come it's open standard and at the same time it's closed for modification/addition !!!!!!
what does that mean?!!
besides .. be realistic .. informing microsoft with this before it is on the air by 48 hours!!! .. with all my respect to all market share contributors, microsoft is the very dominant software company on earth .. may be not the best .. but dominant. AND you need it contribute to that .. it's fair enough.
how arrogant