cono wrote:
Robin Laing wrote:
If you want a good idea of how Microsoft views Open formats, look at
their response to the idea of including OASIS filters in Word. The
details are on the OASIS web site.
http://www.oasis-open.org/home/index.php
Hi Robin,
Could you pls be more specific in where to find it?
I'm not 'at home' at OASIS site, and see there's a lot to search.
So if you know, would be friendly.
Thanks,
Cor
Basically they don't want to support OASIS but have people use their
version of XML. They may still be forced into supporting OASIS as it
becomes more standardized. :)
I may have been mistaken that the article came from OASIS site but it
did come from a link on the site some time ago.
This is one document (pdf) that I came across. It is from 2003.
There are many links at the end of the document that cover many
discussions on this matter.
http://europa.eu.int/idabc/servlets/Doc?id=17982
And there is this on Groklaw.
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050130002908154
Which has this pdf which is Microsoft's response to the EU public
sector recommendations on open document formats.
http://europa.eu.int/idabc/servlets/Doc?id=18036
In this document, the author states that some elements of the document
won't be in XML format and I would assume they would still be closed
source.
Microsoft is afraid, rightly so, that if OASIS does become the ISO
standard, then MS would lose the one hold that they have to sell their
software to many organizations. They would lose a major source of income.
--
Robin Laing
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