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[Stirling Newberry]

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".