On 24/06/2008, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/6/24 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On 23/06/2008, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 2) I must be interoperable with the other engineers running Solidworks. > > > > Your definition of interoperable seems a little weird. It sounds too > > much like the definition of vendor lock-in. > > > > > Dotan's definition of "interoperable": Dotan can receive, edit, and > return documents to other users. > > Note that if Dotan cannot be interoperable, then Dotan cannot work. If > Dotan cannot work, then Dotan's family starves.
If it really is either vendor lock-in or starvation, then vendor lock-in is clearly the choice to make. But call it what it is, vendor lock-in, and please don't request vendor lock-in from vendors. If that's all they can give you and you starve otherwise, fine, but make it clear that this is *not* what you want (or if you do enjoy vendor lock-in, please don't make it more difficult for those of us who don't enjoy it). Situations like this is how we got into the fine MSFT Office format mess we're in. - Jordi G. H. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
