[oclug] MS Office on Linux

Milan Budimirovic milan.budimirovic at sympatico.ca
Sat Mar 30 16:44:22 EST 2002


Dan Cardamore wrote:
> 
> A defacto standard may be an oxymoron, but it is still a standard.

No, it is not. If it hasn't been established by a standards body it's
not a standard. Period. End of story.

"de facto standard" is at best a colloquial term that has unfortunately
crept its way into the computing world. It has no legal or technical
significance.



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