[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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.
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