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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Well.. maybe if you didn't say "you idiots". You can tell people what you think will happen, and they can choose to believe it or not. Don't get upset if they don't agree. But instead, you chose to be insulting because people don't take your word for someone elses motives, intentions and end goal.
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2005-06-29
More likely I think MS is going for the least possible openness they need to get customers like Massachusetts back, then they will most likely go back to closed formats after they believe their vendor lock-in position is strong again.
Not so much PR as an attempt to keep the OASIS format from getting a foothold somewhere.