But as I understand it, and speak up with corrections, MOOX and the
earlier MS XML formats are incomplete and that they are a marketing
response to OpenDocument's development.
That is you cannot take what MS has documented and implement a working
format, too many key components are wrapped up in the binary extensions.
So in short it's not quite truthful to compare MOOX with OpenDocument.
OpenDocument is complete. MOOX only works if you add in MS' proprietary,
binary extensions.
So to fall back on the tired old metaphors that always seem to fit MS too
well, MOOX is a copy of OpenDocument in the same way orcs wer a copy of
elves.
-Lars
Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Software patents endanger the legal certainty of software.
Keep them out of the EU by writing your MEP, keep the market open.
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Daniel Carrera wrote:
[snip]
The MS Office format is largely derivative of OpenDocument. I probably
shouldn't say "obviously" because that's only obvious to someone familiar
with the format.
[snip]
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