Why the Office Format Wars are Not Over
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| In fact, the shareholders are likely to benefit too. The last time
| Microsoft backed a major open standard, rather than developing its
| own solution, was when it adopted TCP/IP for networking - and look at
| what an amazing opportunity that turned into for everyone,
| Microsoft included.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000197
The Importance Of Free Open Standards In The Evolution Of The Web: Tim
Berners-Lee Reports
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| He points out how critical it is that the Internet is seen and kept
| as an open development platform, of which the world wide web is only
| one expression.
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http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2007/03/15/the_importance_of_free_open.htm
Notice the sudden addition of the word "free". Microsoft has _corrupted_ the
meaning of "Open" by declaring that "Open Source is not Free". OpenXML is
not free either (let alone open, but that's another debate). But it's XML. I
guess XML is no longer synonymous with interoperability either, thanks to
Microsoft.
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