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____/ bbgruff on Wednesday 09 Sep 2009 23:57 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ nessuno on Wednesday 09 Sep 2009 20:25 : \____
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>>> <Quote>
>>> "When it suited its purposes, Microsoft touted i4i as a 'Microsoft
>>> Partner' able to provide software that Microsoft could not. But behind
>>> i4i's back, Microsoft usurped i4i's invention, destroying i4i's
>>> ability to compete in the market that it had created."
>>>
>>> i4i said Microsoft approached it as a partner in April 2001 because
>>> federal defense and security agencies wanted a custom XML solution in
>>> Office from Microsoft. The meeting was initiated by a representative
>>> of Microsoft's US government sales office, Mark Belk....
>>>
>>> At a meeting with Microsoft representatives, i4i said it was told
>>> Microsoft didn't have any plans to offer the custom XML editing that
>>> the government wanted and that Microsoft instead promoted i4i's
>>> ability to provide specialized solutions.
>>>
>>> Microsoft went on to heap praise on i4i and its XML authoring tools.
>>>
>>> Just five days after the initial meeting, though, i4i said Microsoft
>>> executives discussed plans to add custom XML authoring to Word that
>>> would make competitors obsolete. i4i cited a June 2001 email from a
>>> Microsoft executive who'd attended the April meeting that i4i claimed
>>> had said: "[I]f we do the work properly, there won't be a need for
>>> [i4i's] product."
>>>
>>> "Later in 2001, before Word 2003 was released, Microsoft cut off all
>>> contact with i4i," i4i said.
>>> </Quote>
>>>
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/09/microsoft_destroyed_i4i_filing/
>>
>> Microsoft will probably settle... but mission is accomplished when
another
>> rival vanishes.
>
> And when they *have* settled, where exactly does that leave OOXML wrt
> anybody coming up with a product that uses it?
No product uses it, not even Microsoft's Orifice (it uses a variant of it.
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~~ Best of wishes
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