Hi,
Alex Hudson schrieb:
Yes, they are pushing to standardise their XML format. I just simply don't believe it does much to help their monopoly. In the world of office suites, their monopoly is basically total at this point: you can't really improve on 100%.
Yes and Microsoft fears losing here because there are organizations caring about using proper standards, in short about being able to retrieve data in, say, 20 years.
Personally, I'm not in favour of OXML being standardised at ISO, but I'm willing to give Microsoft credit for properly standardising it so far.
Sorry, but a format that allows non-documented binary blobs to be interpreted is something I would not consider a standard.
Best wishes Michael