Strained carrots

[richmond62]

Yup: 1996/7 but still true, and still worth a read:

https://www.metacard.com/wp4.html

[tperry2x]

Yes, just like Apple and a proper application publisher certificate - not an ad-hoc one / self-signed, or developer certificate...

..only the largest companies can afford the technology required to produce, package, and distribute [strained carrots]

Certainly not OpenXTalk, with no funding. - I can't even afford an M series mac mini at the moment

This bit does make me laugh though:

When (not if) standard information formats become widely used, we will all be able to automate repetitive tasks and manage information on the Internet as easily as we manage information locally...

That was in 1997, and we aren't there yet! What's the standard information format? - There isn't one, certainly it's not Word (docx) format, as that's not something that lots of people can afford a subscription to. Plenty of people don't even know Libreoffice is even an option and will buy Microsoft's offering out of sheer ignorance.

Is the standard information format PDF? Not if you want to edit it.

Is it HTML? No, not unless you have a wysiwyg editor or a good knowledge of html markup and CSS knowledge.

So what are you left with? ODF format - yes, if we could only spread the word (haha, see what I did there) that it exists. It's got the same problem as OXT - not enough people know it exists. Sure, everyone who has encountered Linux knows about it as it comes bundled most of the time, but what about everyone who can only think in the Windows or MacOS paradigm? - I know plenty of Mac users who will balk at the idea of using anything other than pages, but then get upset when they have to convert to another format when collaborating with people - then get upset that their formatting isn't retained and fonts are different.

Then there's the strange people who continue to use Microsoft Publisher for everything.

We certainly aren't at the point of a standard information format.