Comment Re:An issue of ethics not value (Score 1) 471
If OOXML really was stronger, I'm sure we'd use it, or at least copy the good elements into ODF. It just isn't a good standard or a particularly good format. The only reason M$ is trying to push it down our throats is that noone but them can really make it work, so it would reinforce their monopoly.
So, this isn't a doctor who made a cure by doing evil, this is a doctor who made an inferior version of an existing cure by doing evil. I'm sure we can agree in that case the end does not justify the means.