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I would understand the argument that the office doc file format should be public and understandable, but I don't see an argument that the program itself should
by 0xFF0123 3y ago
I would understand the argument that the office doc file format should be public and understandable, but I don't see an argument that the program itself should be open.
- GeekyBear 3y agoI believe the argument that grandparent comment made was that "once your product has a commanding share of the market, it should be illegal, as it's clearly anticompetitive by that point"
- thfuran 3y agoMicrosoft Office so obviously is not like the only way to install software on a computer that I can't help but think this isn't entirely good faith.
- nradov 3y agoThe Office document file format is public and understandable. Many other products have implemented the standard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML?wprov=sfla1