"Open" Document Format
Posted by: rkassissieh
November232005
Microsoft has announced its intention to "open" its document file formats. Will this allow alternative word processing programs to fully read and write current Word formats? Maybe. Will it release the DOC specification to the open-source community? No. Is this a political move to placate open standards proponents and compete with OpenOffice? Probably. What does it mean for the end-user? Who knows.
Update: legal analysis
Update: legal analysis
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