Posted by: Variola Cola
on February 12, 2004 10:32 PM
MS Has made its position clear. There will be no interoperability. Not only are there the past practices as indicators, but also present ones such as being the odd man out in Oasis, going after an XML patent, and locking the MS-Word XML schema. Not only does this put control of the document format in the hands of a single company, it puts the entire life cycle of that format in the same hands.
The format issue is a severe problems for public records, especially in countries with strong freedom of information legislation. For countries like the UK and France, it's less of an issue. In Sweden, Finland and Norway it would violate the ability to use these documents in the future, say after MS has moved on to another format or had its assests frozen pending legal action.
This from a company which has historically used incompatible file formats to leverage new sales. Of those using MS-Word today, how many would still be using Word 97 if not for the change in file formats?
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MS Position clear -- No interoperability.
Posted by: Variola Cola on February 12, 2004 10:32 PMThe format issue is a severe problems for public records, especially in countries with strong freedom of information legislation. For countries like the UK and France, it's less of an issue. In Sweden, Finland and Norway it would violate the ability to use these documents in the future, say after MS has moved on to another format or had its assests frozen pending legal action.
This from a company which has historically used incompatible file formats to leverage new sales. Of those using MS-Word today, how many would still be using Word 97 if not for the change in file formats?
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