John Thompson wrote:
On 2008-05-22, Drew Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Are you thinking JScript, Microsofts answer to Netscapes Javascript?

I think he is referring to -

Microsoft started made some changes to to the java language's implementation for Windows platforms
---- primarily to address performance issues as I recall

SUN threatened to sue

They stopped.

Sun did sue, and won. Something like $25million. And MS had to remove their non-compilant Java VM from Windows.
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-251401.html



There may be a clue here, as to why they're suddenly supporting ODF:
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20080523052458101

This could certainly block OOXML  from being an ISO "standard".


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