<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Here is the European Commission's response : <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/106&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en">http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/106&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en</a> No tricking them! Gilles. Raseel Bhagat wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:f68850780802220115g78d60e3fp385b3b1564ae5f1a@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">Hi, <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 1:23 PM, James Gray <<a moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.raseel.in/techblog">www.raseel.in/techblog</a> </div> </div> </blockquote> <div class="moz-signature">-- <meta content="text/html; " http-equiv="content-type"> <title>Signature Home Chastity</title> <meta content="Gilles Gravier" name="author"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <table style="text-align: left; background-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); width: 500px; height: 73px;" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); white-space: nowrap;"> <div style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><tt>Gilles Gravier = <a href="mailto:Gilles@Gravier.org">Gilles@Gravier.org</a> = <a href="http://www.gravier.org/">http://www.gravier.org/</a></tt> </div> <div style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><tt>ICQ : <a href="http://www.icq.com/whitepages/about_me.php?Uin=77488526">77488526</a></tt> <tt> || </tt><tt>MSN Messenger : <a href="http://members.msn.com/Gilles@Gravier.org">Gilles@Gravier.org</a></tt><tt> </tt>Skype<tt> : <a href="callto://ggravier">ggravier</a></tt><tt> || </tt><tt>Y! : <a href="http://profiles.yahoo.com/ggravier">ggravier</a></tt><tt style="font-weight: bold;"> || </tt><tt>AOL : <a href="aim:goim?screenname=gillesgravier">gillesgravier</a> </tt><tt>PGP Key ID : <a href="http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x8DE6D026&op=index">0x8DE6D026</a></tt> </div> <div style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><tt><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.gmap-track.com/user.php?user=ggravier">My Last Known Position / Ma Derniere Position Connue</a> "Chastity is its own punishment." (Solomon Short) [David Gerrold] </tt>"De toutes les aberrations sexuelles, la chasteté est la plus aberrante." [Anatole France] </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </body> </html>