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We will see what happens when we get to the fine print about intelectual
property. Microsoft will have to swallow really hard before they release it as a standard that can be read and written using whatever open source license. They would swallow even harder before they committed to anything that would let competitors (open source and proprietary) use any and all extensions they might make. That is still a lingering problem with the .net standard, Microsoft is free to add extensions that are proprietary.

Untill we see what the fine print will be, we really can not judge this.
Posted by: DonnieBoy   Posted on: 11/21/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Another win for Open Source  Richard Flude | 11/21/05
We will see what happens when we get to the fine print about intelectual  DonnieBoy | 11/21/05
I dont trust it  Suicida| | 11/21/05
It is a win, we don't know how much of a win it will be  Richard Flude | 11/21/05
"Virtually all the barriers...."  jinko | 11/21/05
Microsoft to standardize Office formats  Loverock Davidson | 11/21/05
But, how about MS extensions to the standard? Will they be freely usable by  DonnieBoy | 11/21/05
Who knows  Loverock Davidson | 11/21/05
And that's why  nomorems | 11/21/05
dang..  nomorems | 11/21/05
Um...  A_Pickle | 11/21/05
Good work....  michael_t | 11/21/05
Good one;-)  Richard Flude | 11/21/05
Microsoft's ECMAScript?!!  Eggs Ackley_z | 11/21/05
I wonder if  Yagotta B. Kidding | 11/22/05
Let me get this straight  Roger Ramjet | 11/22/05
"Just text"  Yagotta B. Kidding | 11/22/05
It's all in the Schema and...  nucrash | 11/22/05
What a load of manure!!  nucrash | 11/22/05
Not a Choice  zztong | 11/22/05
Developers!, Developers!!, Developers!!!  Anton Philidor | 11/22/05
There is only one group this is not good for  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/22/05
I keep thinking of....  NemesisNL | 11/22/05
Don't worry, he doesn't understand what ISO/ECMA spec means.  B.O.F.H. | 11/22/05
.. everyone but Microsoft  Yagotta B. Kidding | 11/23/05

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