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There's the coverity studies (which included looking at Microsoft code) that showed a pretty horrific error rate. That would be an indicator to a lousy codebase.

As to other's IP in Microsoft products, well, there's the court cases where they've settled and/or licensed code they've "accidentally borrowed." My personal favourite memory on that is the attempted complete and total rip off of BlueJ code. Oh yes, it's more than likely given the number of times Microsoft has been caught with other's IP that there's a lot more to be "discovered" in their code.

Ta Da! Evidence for you. Not that you'd believe it even if you were paying Microsoft's fine/settlements personally. Ah well.
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Change the format and not the software...  Anton Philidor | 04/21/08
Which was...  zkiwi | 04/21/08
Make the ISO standard conform to Microsoft's code base you mean?  fr0thy2 | 04/21/08
Informative  Anton Philidor | 04/21/08
So...  zkiwi | 04/21/08
More likely...  bportlock | 04/21/08
Well...  zkiwi | 04/21/08
Observing the forms.  Anton Philidor | 04/21/08
Michael? Don't you mean...  zkiwi | 04/21/08
I like the way you imply that ...  fr0thy2 | 04/21/08
If you mean Vista...  Anton Philidor | 04/21/08
"Having found what the public wants"  fr0thy2 | 04/21/08
Congruent interests  Anton Philidor | 04/21/08
You forgot to mention...  zkiwi | 04/21/08
LOL! Classic cart before the horse:  OButterball | 04/21/08
Setting rules  Anton Philidor | 04/21/08
What?!?  OButterball | 04/21/08
When to obtain designation as a standard.  Anton Philidor | 04/21/08
Standards More Important than MS' Need to "Improve Software"  Mercutio_Viz | 04/21/08
Speculation  Anton Philidor | 04/21/08
I'll have to hand it to you  Ole Man | 04/21/08
Didn't we know that already?  Michael Kelly | 04/21/08
Yes Microsoft said this months ago  Johnny Vegas | 04/21/08
Spot on.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/21/08
Especially as their code base is as poor as their "standards"  fr0thy2 | 04/21/08
Show us your proof  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/21/08
Well...  zkiwi | 04/21/08
I'll answer your question....  bportlock | 04/21/08
Whoa, hang on...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/21/08
Well, where is your reply?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/21/08
Some of us work for a living, Axhead.  OButterball | 04/21/08
NWOR (nt)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/21/08
Apparently some people have lives outside of ZDNet forums.  B.O.F.H. | 04/21/08
Apparently not you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/21/08
Right. So when the ISO says "make this change"  GuidingLight | 04/21/08
One thing...  zkiwi | 04/21/08
ISO doesn't tell anyone to do anything  Ole Man | 04/21/08
software vs. format  shis-ka-bob | 04/21/08
So, where's the reference implementation?  zkiwi | 04/21/08
as the bugs haven't been fixed in the specification  stevey_d | 04/21/08
*ssshhh*  zkiwi | 04/21/08
Your last sentence says it all  Ole Man | 04/21/08
If no one uses MS-OOXML, does it exist?  zaine_ridling | 04/22/08
OOXML is real get used to it.  kyron.gustafson@... | 04/22/08
Except...  zkiwi | 04/23/08
One small forgotten thing...  Mitch 74 | 04/22/08

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