Did I ever think I would get a response from the man himself?

We are in a strange dilemma. I realised walking the dog. Open Source depends on MS to flourish, but standards are the only way to go. I am sure the day is getting closer when the general public (my grandma) will not be bound by the chains of proprietary software. Mark Shuttleworth is giving this a real boost. And this is what he says: "If open source depends on millionaires it wouldn't get anywhere!". So a big tHNx to all those who support open source and want to set us free!

Massachusetts that seemed to go for real standards in implementing ODF has backed off. Losers!