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Microsoft Eases Licensing On Office 2003 Formats

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the opening-up dept.

kfiller writes "Microsoft has negotiated a deal with the state of Massachusetts to lower licensing restrictions on the Excel and Word XML formats in Office 2003, in exchange for the state to reconsider their focus on adopting 'open standards' to adopting 'open formats'. Is this just another move to encroach on the open source community?"

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  1. I think MA may be just pulling a Dell... by Krankheit · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They are trying to get Microsoft jealous by flirting with opensource to get Microsoft to lower their prices. Nothing to see here. Move along.

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