Microsoft to Open up Office Formats

Been on TV writes to tell us that Microsoft is expected to announce on Tuesday the opening of their Office file formats, according to Financial Times. From the article: "Microsoft will submit its Office file formats to Ecma International, the standards body, which will develop the documentation and make it available to the industry. The move is being supported by a number of organizations including Apple Computer, Barclays Capital, BP, Intel and Toshiba."

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Off Topic (you were warned)

[Anonymous Coward]

Okay, this is offtopic for the most part, but I have to ask. I submitted a story about Texas sueing Sony about the rootkit on their CD, now I don't necassarily expect mine would be posted, but I kind of though at this point someone's story on it would be up, it's only been sitting on Yahoo's main page for like 2 hours now. How long does it normally take for stories to be posted?

Re:Hold on...

[cbreaker]

Aww come on, do you have to use a $ instead of an S? Otherwise, your post was fine - hold off on the $ it makes you seem a little too zealotish.

Trolling Trolls

[Doc Ruby]

Wow, Anonymous Coward, are you an idiot. Let's see - all the posts you don't mind, that I submit out of my interest in Slashdot stories, they're just a way to earn karma to offend you on some fraction of my posts. I'm certain my offensive posts are blatant, otherwise what's the point of responding to instigators with their offensive posts with offensive ones of my own? Hmm, I do kinda recall posting about a gay NJ governor, but I don't remember posting all the posts in the tree - that seems impossible, isn't it my trembling Anonymous Coward? And I'm sure I didn't offend anyone but maybe homophobes, rightwingers and maybe cheating politicians. And I guess you were so scared of replying to any messages in the thread where I argued that Griffin spent years helping steer NASA into its current limbo, while basking in the glow of the neverending ripoff Star Wars scam. It's easy to be selfrighteous when I'm right.

So now that all your terrified gibberish amounts to nothing, I ask: what the hell does any of that have to do with open formats? NOTHING. As usual, you're just a Troll, accusing me of being a troll to set off a predictable response that adds nothing to the discussion. That is what "Troll" means, Anonymous scaredy cat Coward, Not just posts like mine that scare you when you're forced to face the real world outside your teeny little box. The box where you strike back at big bad Doc Ruby by TrollMod'ing a perfectly good little post as "Redundant" for no reason except your pathetic little private vendetta. Where you waste mod points attacking my posts anonymously, rather than debating them like a real person. Of course you reconsider only long enough to regret not choosing another non-sequitur mod like "Flamebait". You sad little worm. Without me, what would give your empty, synthetic life any meaning at all? You're welcome - now spank yourself and go to your room. You'll have plenty of time to fantasize about your next big strike on my posts with your puny mod points.