Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 26th Oct 2009 19:28 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
Anyone who has ever dealt with Microsoft Outlook will know the .pst file format - it's the binary, undocumented file in which all data from Outlook is stored - emails, contacts, calendar, you name it, it's in there. Microsoft has announced that it will release detailed technical documentation on the Outlook .pst data format.
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Surely, for this story, it's of no importance? After all, MS are talking about documenting how you would access a pst file, not releasing code that would enable you to do so.
I suppose that maybe the patent indemnification promised by the Open Specification Promise could be questioned in light of using the GPL to license any software created to access pst files but I just don't see it.
What's your opinion? I'm not up to scratch on the arguments of both sides and would love to hear what you think.