Steven Shelton wrote:
MS does not do truly open standards. Most likely, what MS is planning to
do is submit their existing XML as an "open standard" and then, in their
applications, utilize the "open standard" and then add proprietary
information to it when the application saves. That way, MS Office can
open everyone else's files reliably but nobody else can open MS Office
files reliably, even though they are "based on the open standard." It's
the same game they played with HTML standards. Nothing new.
Okay, that's something I didn't think of. But I'd like to point out that
MS will have a harder time doing that because:
1. They wouldn't be complying with their own standard.
2. People are wiser and will be watching for dirty tricks.
Cheers,
Daniel.
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