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Who forced them? I can't find it on wikipedia, in a google search or microsoft's site all I found was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Open_Specification

by siamore 13y ago

Who forced them? I can't find it on wikipedia, in a google search or microsoft's site all I found was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Open_Specification_Promise http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Open_Specification_Pr... I even checked the references, the MS page adds nothing to wikipedia's info in this matter http://www.microsoft.com/openspecifications/en/us/programs/osp/default.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/openspecifications/en/us/programs/o...

lloeki 13y ago
The EU pressured Microsoft into documenting various parts relevant for interoperability. One of them is the whole stack revolving around AD, which resulted in Samba 4. I don't know if this includes Office formats.
Joeri 13y ago
This was a result of the antitrust case sun and novell brought before the EU comission. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Microsoft_competition_case http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Microsoft_compet... It got us windows without media player (which nobody used), the browser ballot (which everyone endured) and a requirement that all their server protocols be documented sufficiently for competitors to implement the same service (which we all benefited from to a large degree). http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-04-70_en.htm?locale=en http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-04-70_en.htm?local...
- siamore 13y ago
  But they were only required to incorporate support for ODF in office[1], and it seems like they have complied[2]. is there any relationship between ODF and DOC? [1] http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/05/22/us-eu-microsoft-idUSL2257119220080522 http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/05/22/us-eu-microsoft-id... [2] http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/how-microsoft-was-forced-open-office-200233 http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/how-microsof...

by siamore 13y ago

lloeki 13y ago

The EU pressured Microsoft into documenting various parts relevant for interoperability. One of them is the whole stack revolving around AD, which resulted in Samba 4. I don't know if this includes Office formats.

Joeri 13y ago

This was a result of the antitrust case sun and novell brought before the EU comission. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Microsoft_competition_case http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Microsoft_compet... It got us windows without media player (which nobody used), the browser ballot (which everyone endured) and a requirement that all their server protocols be documented sufficiently for competitors to implement the same service (which we all benefited from to a large degree). http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-04-70_en.htm?locale=en http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-04-70_en.htm?local...

siamore 13y ago
But they were only required to incorporate support for ODF in office[1], and it seems like they have complied[2]. is there any relationship between ODF and DOC? [1] http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/05/22/us-eu-microsoft-idUSL2257119220080522 http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/05/22/us-eu-microsoft-id... [2] http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/how-microsoft-was-forced-open-office-200233 http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/how-microsof...