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Curt Joined: Eons Ago
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Posted: 01/24/2008 04:30 pm
How serious of a problem is Microsoft Office format as an ISO standard? This page indicates it is a big problem that we need to be concerned with. What do you think? |
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g1smd Moderator
Joined: Jul 28, 2002
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Posted: 01/24/2008 04:44 pm
Didn't it get voted down recently? |
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Curt Joined: Eons Ago
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Posted: 01/24/2008 04:50 pm
Heck, I don't know. I just spotted the page by accident and thought I'd ask about it. “If” it was voted down, then it would seem that it was not a very good idea. Can anyone confirm that the proposed Microsoft ISO standard was voted down? |
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Quadrille Insider
Joined: Nov 15, 2000
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Posted: 01/24/2008 05:38 pm
I'm not up to speed on all the details, but M$ were hoping to get it signed and sealed in December - and failed: story at news.com But it just means that the standard is still up for grabs - open source versus Big Bill (rtd). It's being billed as a battle between M$ and IBM, but that's a gross oversimplification, as Google, Sun and many others are also involved. I think the betting is: Open source 4/6 F Microsoft 6/4 200/1 bar these. But the show has some time to run, I think. |
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Curt Joined: Eons Ago
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Posted: 01/26/2008 06:19 pm
Don't quite understand those ratios. Can you elaborate the shorthand a little 
The standard should perhaps be based on OpenOffice documents instead. That would seem more fair and avoid any potential proprietary patent violations by others. Otherwise M$ might be able to find ways to stifle particular companies for using the standard for their own purposes if they happen to violate accidentally some M$ proprietary portion of the standard. We don't want any one company having too much control like that. When you base a standard on proprietary software, you potentially risk patent infringement issues, not a situation to allow. |
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