From: Kadaitcha Man on
"Conor", thou indecent foe to nobleness. Ye look like a poor, decayed,
ingenious, foolish, rascally knave. Ye dodged:

> Thankyou for destroying your own argument.

"I've got a GCE O Level in English which..."

Coonertard in news:MPG.25bbbbaef221880989b83(a)news.eternal-september.org
From: Kadaitcha Man on
"Conor", thou mildewed caitiff wretch. I know thou art an irksome
brawling scold. Ye exhorted:

> So when Excel was released, what was there that equalled it?

Multiplan for the Macintosh.

HTH
From: Phil Stovell on
On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:59:49 +0000, Conor wrote:

> In article <pan.2010.01.15.21.37.02.411872(a)stovell.nospam.org.uk>, Phil
> Stovell says...
>>
>> On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:36:58 +0000, Conor wrote:
>>
>> > MSO is the defacto standard, everyone else needs to support it.
>>
>> Which MS doesn't in Word Viewer.
>
> Really? Better tell them then.

MS Word viewer with DOCX service pack won't display this document (neither
will OO or anything else I tried):

http://tmp.gallopinginsanity.com/OfficeComp/

This isn't my document or website. Look back in u.c.h for the original
thread.
From: Phil Stovell on
On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:00:10 +0000, Conor wrote:

> In article <pan.2010.01.15.21.41.54.903465(a)stovell.nospam.org.uk>, Phil
> Stovell says...
>>
>> On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:38:41 +0000, Conor wrote:
>>
>> >> Do all MS Word documents open with MS Word viewer? (Rhetorical - I
>> >> know they don't).
>> >
>> > Yes.
>>
>>
>> No, see last week.
>
> I've looked back at last week. I don't see anything.

Thread "Beware of software auditors in a recession" started 09/01/10 12:03
by 7.

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_thread/thread/8e9349baf31fa9aa/548182f220ac9515?hl=en&q=#548182f220ac9515

This particular article:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/3ec0d6fb29b49791?hl=en

From: Phil Stovell on
On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:04:46 +0000, Conor wrote:

> In article <20100115220947.2112.48266.XPN(a)gordon-laptop>, Gordon says...
>>
>> Conor wrote:
>>
>> > In article <pan.2010.01.14.22.38.12.518987(a)stovell.nospam.org.uk>,
>> > Phil Stovell says...
>> >
>> >> The UK Government used to have (may still have) a policy of only
>> >> using software that is ISO standards compliant. OO is, I'm not sure
>> >> about MSO.
>> >
>> > UK Govt runs on MSO.
>> >
>> >
>> Which is NOT ISO certified.
>
> And?

If they decide to require ISO certified software, then MSO immediately
gets discounted.