[odf-discuss] [Fwd: EC studying the monopoly of Microsoft on office suites]

[Ian Lynch]

On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 09:34 +0100, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> Hi Alberto,
> 
> Thanks for the info...
> 
> > > EU Asks Microsoft Rivals About Word, Excel Dominance (Update4) 
> > > http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a4GPYA7R4Xy4&refer=home
> 
> Btw, I notice that the author is not well informed about what XML is:
> "XML... is the default format for creating and storing the files in
> Office. XML tags information so it can be shared by different programs."
> 
> XML is not a file format and the second sentence is so one of those
> statements that are so bad that it's not even wrong...  But I don't want
> to diss the reporter. At least he's reporting.
> 
> The following might be more pertinent:
> 
> "The commission asked Microsoft's rivals to provide examples of
> 'deficiencies' in the Open XML documentation."
> 
> There's that GrokDoc page that a bunch of us worked on...  We could
> recycle some of that material.

Good idea. Send them chapter and verse. They like documentation :-)

Ian
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