If I may, I have been following this thread quite close, as I don't know how I
personally feel about the OOXML standard yet. On one hand, the format is open,
and much easier to implement (to the point that most users will never really
notice compatibility issues) than the original binary
Hi,
It is my non-lawyer point of view that the Microsoft OSP is absolutely
irrelevant and that in the soon to be EU law may actually be a complete
red herring, since it may soon be the case that you don't have to be the
owner of patents to make the authorites do the enforcement.
Also, why do you
That's the case in Germany wrt trademarks. I very much doubt that it
applies to patents.
Cheers,
Waldo
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When I say 'open' I mean 'I can open it in vim, and have some idea of what's
going on' I realize that I should have picked a different word given the
context of our discussion ;)
I don't mean to imply that the new format is great, but implementing a horrid
and obnoxious XML format is still
