Hi, <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 1:23 PM, James Gray <<a href="mailto:james@gray.net.au">james@gray.net.au</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="Ih2E3d"> </div>Call me a cynic, but I think M$ are just blowing a whole lot of hot air and don't have any real intention o open up their API's any more than they have in the past. Their reasons for this, IMHO, are two fold (and temporary): 1. Ongoing anti-trust isssues in Europe. 2. Upcoming vote on OOXML ratification. Not much we can do about #1, but #2 is just another attempt to get the rest of the world locked into the MS-Office suite. It ISN'T compatible with ODF, the GPL (or any other "open" license), it's missing key components that are required for developers to properly implement OOXML in non-M$ tools, and their submission was devoid of valid XML! Wait until these two storms have blown themselves out, and you'll see the same old M$ we've all grown to know (and hate).[1] </blockquote><div> I completely agree with James. Today they are "pledging" all this , worded quite diplomatically and tomorrow, they will be shooting allegations on open source software violating Microsoft patents. Unless they actually put this into practise, no point in rejoicing. Thanks, Raseel <a href="http://www.raseel.in/techblog">www.raseel.in/techblog</a> </div></div>