Support Forums: Message List - Microsoft's Open Protocol Announcement http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Mon, 20 May 2013 07:55:28 -0400 Re: Great news for Apache POI project http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48494 This is great for Apache POI project! They can update theirs Java classes with the latest spec from MS!

Great for everyone! Step in right direction!...]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:39:38 -0500 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:39:38 -0500 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:39:38 -0500 Feb 25, 2008 Tamas Cserveny 0 Great news for Apache POI project http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48494 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:23:30 -0500 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:23:30 -0500 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:23:30 -0500 Feb 22, 2008 Ruslan Zenin 1 Re: Microsoft's Open Protocol Announcement http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48494 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:58:47 -0500 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:58:47 -0500 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:58:47 -0500 Feb 22, 2008 David McCoy 0 Re: Microsoft's Open Protocol Announcement http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48494 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:29:09 -0500 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:29:09 -0500 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:29:09 -0500 Feb 22, 2008 James Watson 1 It's a good thing http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48494 lacking further clarification, it could be that any vendor who does sell a product to access these document formats might be open to a lawsuit, on the assumption that use of the binary format implied use of the interoperability promise. (In...]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:51:36 -0500 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:51:36 -0500 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:51:36 -0500 Feb 22, 2008 Ryan Ackley 0 Re: Microsoft's Open Protocol Announcement http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48494 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:42:14 -0500 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:42:14 -0500 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:42:14 -0500 Feb 22, 2008 Mark N 0 Re: Incompatibility with the GPL http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48494
This one confuses me; I've tried to read the restrictions MS places, and while I can see it not being compatible with the GPL, I think a legally binding statement on MS' part that says "We won't sue you if you won't sue us" is ......]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:40:14 -0500 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:40:14 -0500 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:40:14 -0500 Feb 22, 2008 Joseph Ottinger 0 Re: Microsoft's Open Protocol Announcement http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48494 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:17:11 -0500 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:17:11 -0500 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:17:11 -0500 Feb 22, 2008 Andrew Clifford 0 Incompatibility with the GPL http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48494 This one confuses me; I've tried to read the restrictions MS places, and while I can see it not being compatible with the GPL, I think a legally binding statement on MS' part that says "We won't sue you if you won't sue us" is ... enough. (Of...]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:26:58 -0500 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:26:58 -0500 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:26:58 -0500 Feb 22, 2008 Adrian Brock 3 Microsoft's Open Protocol Announcement http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48494 Interoperability Principles, including document formats for Word, Excel,...]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:43:44 -0500 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:43:44 -0500 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:43:44 -0500 Feb 22, 2008 Joseph Ottinger 9