Hi, Alex Hudson schrieb: > Yes, they are pushing to standardise their XML format. I just simply > don't believe it does much to help their monopoly. In the world of > office suites, their monopoly is basically total at this point: you > can't really improve on 100%.
Yes and Microsoft fears losing here because there are organizations caring about using proper standards, in short about being able to retrieve data in, say, 20 years. > Personally, I'm not in favour of OXML being standardised at ISO, but I'm > willing to give Microsoft credit for properly standardising it so far. Sorry, but a format that allows non-documented binary blobs to be interpreted is something I would not consider a standard. Best wishes Michael -- Nobody can save your freedom but YOU - become a fellow of the FSFE! http://www.fsfe.org/en _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
