-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Am Freitag, 22. Juni 2007 11:30 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > If Microsoft is willing to commit to a standard, and therefore not > change the format in which documents are saved without first getting > ISO approval for the changes, great! Microsoft may get to claim to be > the originator of the standard, but I expect it will not be able to > change that standard quite so easily if it is ISO recognized. > Remember that one of Microsoft's biggest advantages is that it > develops its own standard and then continually changes it, thus making > it difficult for people not using Microsoft products to share files, > view media on the net, etc. With an established standard that > Microsoft agrees to adhere to, everybody is, in the long run, better > off. But only if this standart is open, and accessable for all - and that's one of my basic question, what does it mean if it becomes a standard? A standard that is only useable with microsoft products(and if you try reverse engeenierign you get sued for it) or is it a specification, which is "transparent" and can be implemented in any software I want(i.e. OOo).
In the first case I clearly gotta say no! In the second case, why not? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQFGe6UbcHwbW/zlOZoRAohCAJ4jc51iL+y+YFTnPRzVg5Z2cvN+ggCXeMTT IQwW2J4huBQs40Yfw9LoKA== =W/so -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
