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Is the New Microsoft Office Really Open?

Posted by Cliff on from the a-window-undecided dept.

joesklein asks: "From CNET, there is an article about the new Microsoft Office 11. In summary 'Microsoft says it's opening its Office desktop software by adding support for XML--a move that should help companies free up access to shared information. But there's a catch: It has yet to disclose the underlying XML dialect.' Could this be grounds for another anti-trust suit against Microsoft?"

3 of 485 comments (clear)

  1. Duh? by natefaerber · · Score: 0, Troll

    At what point did anyone NOT see this coming?

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  2. Slashdot... Jump to Conclusions by SaturnSS · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's a "Jump to Conclusions Mat"! You see, you have this mat, with different CONCLUSIONS written on it that you could JUMP TO!

    Here's a novel idea... why don't we wait until they RELEASE the specs? Then complain about it?

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  3. IN SOVIET RUSSIA... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    XML formats YOU.