In article
<bc56635e-2fc3-467e-8e1c-8c1b9e401bda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Ramon F Herrera <ramon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Dec 25, 12:09 am, Tim Smith <reply_in_gr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > In article <19983549.1cevY8o...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Microsoft will deny this, but it's already confirmed that Microsoft's
> > > 'Open'
> > > XML, for example, is a patent trap. See here:
> >
>
> > No more so than ODF.
> >
>
> I beg to differ, Tim. Are you saying that the source code of C# or
> Visual J are as open and devoid of the fear factor as that of Java?
No. I'm saying that Sun has patents that cover ODF, Microsoft has
patents that cover OOXML. Both of them have made those patents
available reasonably (but not in a way that makes the formats "open" by
the standards usually used for things to be "open") for those who want
to implement those formats, respectively. Roy decided to use your
initial question as an opportunity to post part of his stock list of
anti-OOXML FUD.
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--Tim Smith
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