I too object to using Wikipedia as a means of advancing a proprietary
product which helps fund a competing product (En carta) and other
competing proprietary products.
If Microsoft wants to promote its proprietary solutions, that is, of
course, their business. However wiki should not be in the business of
encouraging Proprietary software, since, there is no telling when at a
later time that software will be altered to include spyware, new
licensing or platform restrictions, or other forms of restrictions of
use.
On Nov 12, 2004, at 10:58 AM, Andre Engels wrote:
In the name of freedom, we
are enforcing a non-standard format,
On the contrary, we are enforcing STANDARD formats, and more, OPEN
STANDARD
formats. Don't confuse "standard" with "installed on most proprietary
overmarketed systems"; availability does not make it standard. It is
right
to note, that the standard formats are not yet as widespread, but do
not
mix these.
I am not here to discuss semantics, and I readily admit to using a
suboptimal term when saying "standard".