Re: [Sheflug] Microsoft's standards bid stalled

["Bob Mottram" <fuzzgun@xxxxxxxxx>]

2008/6/11 Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hello there
>
> Looks like it's coming along slowly but surely...
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7445956.stm
>
> http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=20051216153153504#msooxmlresources



I think the critical question is whether OOXML can be implemented
freely without having to pay patent royalties to Microsoft.  If you're
talking about preservation of documents in the long run - being able
to still read something in 50 years time - then this doesn't matter,
but the 20 year period of a patent is effectively eternity from a
software developers point of view.

http://holloway.co.nz/can-other-vendors-implement-ooxml.html

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