On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:02, Konrad Stobiecki wrote:
> Dnia 21-11-2005, pon o godzinie 18:50 -0500, Louis Suarez-Potts
>
> napisał(a):
> > Interesting news indeed.
>
> They will advertise as the ones who designed the open document format.
> Like they have done with Sharepoint.
True. Brian Jones on
I'd be willing to bet that even the new license excludes re-distribution
or has some other such clause to prohibit GPL implementations.
MS mouthpieces are emphasizing "Intellectual Property" [1], so control of
the format (and the related sw patents) is something MS is not likely to
relinquish.
Dnia 21-11-2005, pon o godzinie 18:50 -0500, Louis Suarez-Potts
napisał(a):
> Interesting news indeed.
They will advertise as the ones who designed the open document format.
Like they have done with Sharepoint.
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On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 18:50:28 PM -0500, Louis Suarez-Potts
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> "As part of its standardization effort, Microsoft will change the
> license in an effort to remove "virtually all the barriers" to
> having developers work with the file formats."
Virtually is a big word...
>
Here's a link to the original article. It does not need registration to
read:
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+to+standardize+Office+formats/2100-1012_3-5965443.html?tag=nefd.top
It does seem to be a direct repsonse to both OpenDocument and
OpenOffice.org Odds are it will mostly be used
Interesting news indeed.
"Martin LaMonica, Staff Writer,
Published: November 21, 2005
Microsoft intends to submit Office file formats to the European
standards body ECMA International, a move the company hopes will
allay concerns over the company's level of control over document
formats."
