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We're Open enough, Says Microsoft

Posted by timothy on from the one-way-doors-don't-count dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft Australia has come under fire from rival vendors and open-source advocates for keeping its Office document standards proprietary. Greg Stone, Microsoft's national technology officer for Australia and New Zealand, faced criticism during his presentation at the Australian Unix User Group conference in Canberra yesterday. However, he stood firm on the company's policy of making the XML schemas for its Office 2003 document standard publicly available provided interested parties sign an agreement with the software heavyweight. "Why should I have to sign an agreement?" one audience member demanded to know."

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  1. Thank you, sir. May I have another? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    without MS you have no web/html like we have today
    xml wouldn't get any attention if it wasn't "interwebby"
    this whole XML thing is a passing phase without MS
    $diety forbid they avoid allowing open standards to stifle the innovation of their bazillion programmers with their bazillion dollars budgets.
    ps - i'm not an ms fanboy. seriously.

  2. Re:How right they are by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hey d00d!!!!!11

    Check your sig for an answer.

    Fucktard.

  3. Tin foil hat time by smallguy78 · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's that time of the day again - Microsoft bitching hour. Let me start you off:

    Evil M$$ and their monopolistic corporate greed tactics, viva la linux revolution!

    --
    Nothing costs nothing
  4. Because, you moron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Why should I have to sign an agreement?" one audience member demanded to know."

    Aren't you basically making an agreement when you use shitty OSS? Not only are OSS Zealots complete morons with a sweaty, precarious grip on reality completely in love with a steaming pile of some of the shittiest code ever written in the history of mankind, but they love to whine and complain about how things are so unfair, which begs the question: If OSS is so damn superior, how come 97% of the computers out there run Windows? OSS Zealots take it up the ass with a mouthfull of big sweaty balls.

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  6. Goatse by phorm · · Score: 0, Troll

    Indeed... IE and many other products are open in a much very similar to the goatse dude.

  7. We're Open Enough, Says Bill Goatse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...stretching his anus large enough for even Steve Ballmer to insert his huge mis-shapen skull.