[plug] Linux Desktop Market, office interoperability

[Mr Shayne]

Well, thats good news I suppose, although I half expect they'll hang onto 
any related patents and sort of wave them about menacingly.

Now, the important part, when are the buggers going to let us know how the 
wire protocol works.

> An interesting followup to this thread:
>
> http://news.com.com/Microsoft+to+standardize+Office+formats/2100-1012_3-5965443.html
>
> "Microsoft intends to submit file formats for its new Office 12
> applications to the European standards body ECMA International. The
> company hopes this will allay concern about its level of control over
> document formats."
>
> There was another link I was reading before that claimed that MS
> Office would win out on a features basis on other office products
> (Google news changes too quickly).
>
> It'll be interesting to see how this pans out in the future.
>
> Kirk
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