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Data formats are not part of a business model.

They're used by software whose sale generates revenue. Just as the OOXML debate was about market share, so the Microsoft changes in data format were the result of the company's ability to provide unique features the public wanted.

Keeping the formats private also had advantages in preventing alternatives from gaining market share. Though the need for such strategies has since faded.


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Think back to the early days of word processing. The market for word processing software didn???t begin on the basis of a shared, common office document format. For that matter, such a shared format would have been all but impossible to construct, as nobody really knew what kinds of things were required in office document formats until people started to try to build and use them. The trial and error process used by companies as they hunt for products that satisfy customer needs teases those details out, creating a viable business model as a free byproduct of the process.

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Seems overcomplicated. Perhaps, Unique features which helped sales required different data formats.

Posted by: Anton Philidor   Posted on: 08/08/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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