OSNews > Thread > "RE[3]: We'll see.." by dylansmrjones

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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RE[3]: We'll see..

by dylansmrjones on Tue 22nd Nov 2005 15:39 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: We'll see.."

Member since:
2005-10-02

Microsoft IS NOT going with OpenDocument, you bonghead.

Microsoft is trying to establish Office XML as another standard to kill OpenDocument.

Read this:

Office XML != OpenDocumentFormat

Following is what you should've written:

OASIS + Open Document Format = Pure XML. Open standard, free for everyone to use, including Microsoft.

Microsoft + Office XML = Garbled XML. Closed standard. Openly documented, but only allowed to be used by MS-certified persons/companies.

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RE[4]: We'll see..

by Tom K on Tue 22nd Nov 2005 20:48 in reply to "RE[3]: We'll see.."

Member since:
2005-07-06

Again, I didn't mean ODF itself, I meant *an* open document format.

By the way, where does it say that someone can't write a Microsoft "ODF" parser? Why the predetermined opinions about how it will work/look? Don't be such a closed-minded fanboy.

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RE[5]: We'll see..

by dylansmrjones on Tue 22nd Nov 2005 20:57 in reply to "RE[4]: We'll see.."

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2005-10-02

One can, but under severe restrictions atm.

We'll see what really happens. So far the MS doublespeak leaves the impression that not all will have a choice.

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