__/ [ Rex Ballard ] on Thursday 12 April 2007 17:20 \__
> On Apr 12, 10:17 am, "Doug Mentohl" <doug_ment...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> - Original Message -
>> From: Marc Olson
>> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 7:48 AM
>> To: Tim Davenport
>> Cc: Erich Andersen (LCA)
>> Subject: RE: Visio file format
>>
>> Hi, Tim,
>>
>> We've recently changed the policy for distributing our file formats,
>> at the the request of BillG. We used to be fairly lax about giving it
>> out to pretty much everyone who asked for it)Excel even published a
>> book through MS press).
>>
>> Our new policy (for Office2000) is that there are restrictions on use
>> (can't build converers, can't be a competitor to any of the apps,
>> etc). We required a signed license agreement in hand before we'll send
>> them the docs. They have to tell us who they are and what their
>> company does, as well as their intended use.
>>
>> Privileged Material
>> Redacted
>
> I wonder what this redacted material was? Contract terms? Open
> Confessions of
> criminal contempt for Judge Jackson's interim remedy? Open contempt
> for
> the Appellate court ruling? Evidence of other criminal activities?
> More evidence
> of fraud, extortion, blackmail, sabotage, and obstruction of justice?
>
> Seems that redacting all of this information may have caused more
> problems
> than it solved.
>
>> Once we get a copy of the signed agreement back, I sign for Microsoft,
>> and we send them back a hard copy of the agreement via snail mail, and
>> send them the docs via email.
>
> Sounds like one more reason to use DIA or Eclipse rather than Visio.
>
> And Microsoft wonders why people want to use ODF instead of OpenXML!
In a talk in Denmark, Bob Sotur explained how ridiculous it is to have a
single company controlling the standard, but it's surprising that a few
people out there still do not mind this. Needless to say, to them, there's
only one suite of applications in the world. It doesn't matter how much it
costs, how many back doors it creates on one's PC, how stable/limiting it
is, and whether it enables you to access your work a few years down the
line.
Many people think that Office formats (.xls, .doc, etc) _ARE_ a standard.
They don't know what standards mean and they need to be educated, politely
and patiently.
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