[Leaplist] MSFT's OpenXML format is as expected - not open

[Steve Litt]

On Friday 05 January 2007 09:45, Fred Moore wrote:
> On Friday 05 January 2007 09:17, Damien McKenna wrote:
> > http://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/01/how-to-hire-guillaume-portes.html
> > In short, Microsoft littered their specification with comments that
> > require you to reverse engineer Word 95 to make software fully able to
> > accurately interpret the files.
>
> I hope you didn't expect something different.. I think we all  knew it was
> not open.. nor did we expect it to be..  adding the word open behind
> something is like calling a corporation FED or Federal Reserve to make you
> belive they are part of the government..
> There is nothing in a name.. it is in the intent, observed actions and
> history..  all three speak for the company using the word.. Fred

I think the real funeral dirge in this document is the comments at the end, 
where accessibility to 20 year old documents is discussed. Makes me want to 
go back to paper.

SteveT

Steve Litt
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