Microsoft backs document-format test tool

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So what your saying...

Is that a corporation with a lot of money and power used this to make standards fit their needs and in turn, the needs of customers and 3rd party developers. It sounds like Google, IBM, Apple.

Microsoft isn't trying to kill ODF. If anything, ODF and OpenOffice help push Office and it's technologies and spur development in the community.

Look at this way, Microsoft has a platform, Windows (Vista,Mobile,Server), they have customers ranging from schools, business, and families. They have products that produce content that needs to be documented and interoptable with other applications, they could use standards already set in place by open source groups, but those standards don't fit the needs of customers and developers. They create their own standards, publish documentation. Forcing a software developer to standards that work great for an open source community doesn't always work, even more so with Microsoft and Windows. Features and design requirements set forth by developers and customers come first.

Posted by: TylerM89   Posted on: 05/18/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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