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No problem to XPS being a standard...
... provided the "intellectual property" (if such a thing can be applied to an open standard) is conferred to the standards body and is not held by Microsoft so that everyone who wants to use it will be able to do so; unencumbered by the burdern of having to buy a licence (or some other payment to) Microsoft.

If that were to happen then I would accept the MS-needs-to-be-open-for-government-proposals argument. Otherwise I can't help but think of RAMBUS.
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No problem to XPS being a standard...  BanjoPaterson | 07/02/07
How are changes controlled?  Anton Philidor | 07/02/07
You are in sad need of a dictionary  Ole Man | 07/03/07
Ok, teach me master  xuniL_z | 07/06/07
What's the problem?  P. Douglas | 07/02/07
wrong to have multiple standards?  Ole Man | 07/03/07
Multiple standards provide CHOICE  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/02/07
Choice?  DarthRidiculous | 07/02/07
You think that's a big deal.....  xuniL_z | 07/02/07
Rant rant rant, rave, rave, rave!  Ole Man | 07/03/07
Pot, kettle, black.  xuniL_z | 07/05/07
Complete nonesense, and you know it  Ole Man | 07/06/07
well  xuniL_z | 07/06/07
Excuse me?  cheesyone | 07/03/07
Don't worry  xuniL_z | 07/05/07
Blah, blah, blah... Then CHOOSE something else.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/02/07
Absolutely correct  Michael Kelly | 07/02/07
"Buwahahahahahahaha"  Ole Man | 07/03/07
I see your point  John Zern | 07/02/07
Sight impaired?  cheesyone | 07/04/07
What's the difference?  xuniL_z | 07/06/07
Let's breathe a breath of fresh air  Ole Man | 07/06/07
You are no lawyer, that is for sure.  xuniL_z | 07/09/07
The more CHOICE everyone has the better...  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/02/07
You can come up with anything you like  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/02/07
Submitting it is one thing  Michael Kelly | 07/02/07
Maybe for others  Patrick Jones | 07/02/07
Sure you choose.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/02/07
However..  Patrick Jones | 07/02/07
"compatible with your customers"  Ole Man | 07/03/07
the relevance of choice  sj_z | 07/02/07
Not only to Office, but Windows as well  DarthRidiculous | 07/02/07
RE  markbn | 07/02/07
We're selling this box for $400  Ole Man | 07/03/07
Multiple standards confuse the market, too.  Scottman_z | 07/04/07
A Big Red Herring: Real Issue is Huge Over-Valuation of Windows OS  dhettinger | 07/02/07
The only red herring is your contention ...  ShadeTree | 07/02/07
I Think You Mean "Drivel" - Not Dribble  dhettinger | 07/02/07
I would hope . . .  JLHenry | 07/02/07
Also factually incorrect.  ShadeTree | 07/03/07
I disagree...  Patrick Jones | 07/02/07
Not true at all  ShadeTree | 07/03/07
Not really  Patrick Jones | 07/03/07
not true  xuniL_z | 07/03/07
overvaluation  brian.shapiro | 07/07/07
Good Example - Captive IT Purchasing Managers...  dhettinger | 07/02/07
There are commercially supported alternatives.  ShadeTree | 07/03/07
Care to explain  zkiwi | 07/02/07
I wouldn't use Kalifornia as an ...  ShadeTree | 07/03/07
Guess what  zkiwi | 07/03/07
amusing zkiwi  xuniL_z | 07/03/07
"in the past"  Ole Man | 07/03/07
wrong.  xuniL_z | 07/05/07
The media's attempt to Redefine history  Ole Man | 07/06/07
It was black and white ole man  xuniL_z | 07/09/07
Yeah well  zkiwi | 07/03/07
Yeah, well, knowing you  xuniL_z | 07/05/07
If anything business Europe  mrjonno | 07/02/07
That Probably Is True Enough...  dhettinger | 07/02/07
How much do they pay  martin23 | 07/02/07
In the end of the day  mrjonno | 07/03/07
What's to keep M$ from saying. . .  I. Kidya Knott | 07/03/07
Re: What'a to keep M$ from saying...  cheesyone | 07/04/07
Re: What's to keep M$ from saying...  cheesyone | 07/04/07
What If Apple Was Proposing These Same Standards?  ZvX | 07/03/07
It's all too simple  Ole Man | 07/03/07
No, Mary Jo  Update victim | 07/03/07
A 'good' journalist...  cheesyone | 07/04/07
This is no source!  kyron.gustafson@... | 07/04/07
Patents respected?  Freebird54 | 07/04/07
Competition is always a good thing for the consumer  Ole Man | 07/04/07

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