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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?"

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  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.

  4. Re:New lawsuit? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Then I suggest that you are a complete waste of life. But like most myopic paranoid hippies, you'll probably actually grow up one day and deny that you ever made insipid remarks like this.

    But because you actually said that. I admit that the day the GPL is challenged and fails in court, I am throwing a huge party. You're invited.