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Does software that produces files have an obligation to provide interoperability?
by catmanjan 1y ago
Does software that produces files have an obligation to provide interoperability?
- happymellon 1y agoWhen they have a monopoly, places like the EU will frown on purposefully breaking compatibility. Its called antitrust.
- graemep 1y ago> When they have a monopoly, places like the EU will frown on purposefully breaking compatibility. What exactly have they done about it?
- piker 1y agoWithout knowing too much of the EU history, I have always understood that anti-trust pressure from the EU effectively forced Microsoft to publish the OOXML spec in the first place.
- ranger_danger 1y ago> Purposefully According to who? With what proof? And how/why do they get to be the arbiters of that?
- happymellon 1y ago> According to who? With what proof? They normally get asked to investigate by other interested parties, and then ask other independent experts in the field. > And how/why do they get to be the arbiters of that? By being the government? Microsoft doesn't have to sell their software in Europe if they don't like the rules.
- dathinab 1y agono, only if you have a quasi monopoly on Office Application in pretty much every single (western) government through all departments and sectors.