Hi Daniel,
Daniel Carrera wrote:
Today, it does. There's nothing saying tomorrow's MSO won't save in
formats designed to be read by other programs.
What's worse, we *know* that MS is moving to a new file format with
patent restrictions that explicitly prevent OOo or any GPL-compatible
software from implementing it.
The fact we can read a MSO doucment anywhere else is fortunate,
And not thanks to anything Microsoft did, but inspite their efforts to
lock competitors out.
and I
would go as far as to say Microsoft considers this to be a problem they
are in the process of "fixing" (read: breaking utterly for anyone but
users of their products).
Oh, we know they are. They are now using the courts and the legal system
to prevent their main competitors from reading their formats.
Is there a short reference (which of course means reliable as well) on this?
Thanks,
Cor
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