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Re: [News] [Rival] Microsoft Spreads Its Proprietary Infection (OOXML) to Its Own Mobiles

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Office 2007 gets official mobile compatibility
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Windows Mobile has not had the ability to handle OOXML-based documents until 
>| now. 
> `----
> 
> http://www.news.com/Office-2007-gets-official-mobile-compatibility/2110-1016_3-6220976.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
> 
> Needless to mention, other mobile software (non-Microsoft) will 'break' when
> facing this new 'dress', which serves as a binary stream. Examples include
> Doc2Go for Palm OS.
> 
> OOXML: the best proprietary format briberies can buy.
> 

Microsoft are not really interested in whether the user is getting
anything useful, they just want those locks on as tight as possible.

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