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jpkeisalaon The cost of ODF and OOXML

I have always wondered why Open Document standard would not be based around HTML instead of inventing new XML schema? Can someone who has more insight on ODF/OOXML tell me why HTML is not suitable for office document format?

jpkeisalaon Why Instagram is so fast at uploading photos

I though it was slow

jpkeisalaon Microsoft's 2003 patent application for the "Is Not" operator

I wonder who has patentent exception. That would be pretty great money machine.

jpkeisalaon Mayor of Munich: "EU laptops should have LibreOffice or OpenOffice"

I am a bit sceptic if LibreOffice or OpenOffice would be well received. There has been companies who have tried it but in the end returned back to MS Office. I think tools like Google Docs have brighter further.

However, As a tax payer. I would love to hear € savings on licenses over next 10 years if they would do it.