Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 21st Nov 2005 23:51 UTC
Microsoft intends to submit file formats for its new Office 12 applications to the European standards body ECMA International. The company hopes this will allay concern about its level of control over document formats. Update by AS: For the curious, here's a sample Office 12 file and a sample XPS file. (Note: Right click > Save As..., we're not configured to serve these files just yet.)
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2005-10-02
Reading isn't enough
Besides that, the licensing issues are very problematic, at least in USA.
To me this is nothing but a PR-stunt.
Main critisisms of Microsoft is: Closed formats, or only open under closed licenses. You cannot legally create a GPL'ed reader for MS Office XML files. At least not in USA.