- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:14:09 -0700
- To: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>
- Cc: Chris Wilson <Chris.Wilson@microsoft.com>, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
On Apr 12, 2007, at 4:45 PM, Håkon Wium Lie wrote: > > Also sprach Chris Wilson: > >>> Exactly this has already >>> happened with Office document formats, it's a repeating pattern. >> >> Sorry, I'm not registering how you're using Office formats as an >> example. Office formats are now thoroughly documented, with an open >> standard describing them. > > Office formats are far from being documented -- e.g., there is no > publically available specification for the "doc"-formats. Supporting > it, in all its versions, is prohibitively expensive for anyone but > Microsoft. Indeed, even OOXML is widely derided as being a "standard" that only Microsoft can ever implement, apparently by design. I don't think it helps Chris's case to hold it up as a success story. Regards, Maciej
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