http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2005/11/distrust_and_ve.php Microsoft is giving itself a hearty pat on the back for announcing its intention to open up its Office formats. It will, says product manager Brian Jones, "fully document all of our schemas so that anyone can understand how to develop on top of them." It will also change the formats' licensing terms, providing "a very simple and general statement that we make an irrevocable commitment not to sue" anyone using the formats. Crows Jones:... en-us http://dangerous-walkers.com/fisting.htm anal fisting gay fisting fisting fis...]]> http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/1348 In today's IT Blogwatch, we look at Microsoft opening up Office formats. Not to mention a website that has a successful --albeit unusual -- advertising model. Much ado about the new document format from Microsoft as the article from Elizabeth Montablano a http://nitnblogs.blogspot.com/2005/11/can-microsoft-office-be-open.html Probably what will end up happening is that the document formats released by M$ will be standardized, but not interoperable. It will probably like the ANSI standard for C Language..