____/ [H]omer on Saturday 08 March 2008 02:42 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Microsoft releases updated Office-OpenOffice XML translator, ramps up
>> document interop efforts as ISO mulls OpenXML
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Microsoft today launched an update of its OpenXML and ODF
>> | translator for its Excel and Powerpoint applications and pledged to
>> | keep churning out more documentation to enable interoperability —
>> | and more patents to protect that IP.
>
> Isn't that an oxymoron?
>
>> | [...]
>> |
>> | Microsoft would not disclose pricing for its protocol licensing but
>> | pledged today that going forward it will be offered at a
>> | “reasonable and non discriminatory” (RAND) manner.
>
> Wait... I'm confused. Are they saying we need to /pay/ to use their
> "open" standard?
It's neither open nor a standard. It's the same old BS from Redmond, which is
running low in terms of cash. It needs to start mooching off someone else.
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