[Am-info] Holdout States Want Microsoft Office Ported To Linu x

[Steve Cohen]

Well, then, they're not open.

Open means open to all.  If you have to join MSDN and
you have to pay to join MSDN, they're not really open.
 Even worse, even if MSDN is free monetarily but
joining requires this EULA, they're not open.

--- Joe Moore <Joe.Moore@sdrc.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 05:48:38PM -0700, Bockhorst,
> Roland wrote:
> > Open the file formats, that's the ticket.
> > Roland
> 
> Microsoft would probably claim that they are already
> open.
> 
> Any member of the MS Developer Network has access to
> the file formats.
> Unfortunately, the EULA for MSDN forbids using this
> information to create
> products that compete with Microsoft products.
> 
> "The format is open, it's XML..."
> 
> --Joe
> -- 
> When you find yourself on the cutting edge of
> technology, remember:
>    The trailing edge is sharper than the leading
> edge.
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