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> Roy Schestowitz stated in post 4992772.NhbJn0HT0T@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on
> 11/18/11 10:57 AM:
>
>>>> Microsoft still has, and will have, the office and back-office, and even
>>>> their Windows platform, to provide the cash to support their less
>>>> professional endeavors, for some time to come. But we can have some
>>>> hope for a "normalization" of their relationship with everyone else.
>>>>
>>>> Microsoft had its chance to kill off everyone else, but they have
>>>> failed.
>>>
>>> Yep. It took the power of FOSS (well, Apple helped, also) to humble
>>> the giant.
>>>
>>> It will be interesting to see what happens when all these people using
>>> Android and iOS devices start demanding documents in open,
>>> cross-platform formats.
>>
>> They won't be using Apple because Apple uses MS formats.
>
> What MS formats does Apple use?
OOXML and some fonts notably.
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