Moody's article is spot-on

Posted Oct 22, 2008 14:35 UTC (Wed) by pr1268 (guest, #24648)
Parent article: Why OpenOffice.org Failed - and What to Do About It (ComputerWorld UK)

I think Moody's article is spot-on accurate--in particular, his quote from the European Commission report citing "software tenders' implicit or explicit bias for software brands or specific applications". I especially like his dismissal of OOXML as a "fairy-tail 'open' standard" (with scare quotes around "open").

Proprietary software vendors can only force their hand in the market place so far. Open standards may have lost the Belgian Federal Public Service Economy battle, but the war against proprietary vendor lock-in presses on...