The Open Document Format has been a standard for a while. It is amazing that Microsoft did not take part in that standard development effort. Well, no, it's not really amazing. It is well known that Microsoft likes to embrace, extend, and extinguish. It likes lock-in. It likes to be a monopoly. Acknowledging and working with ODF would not force people to buy and use Microsoft Office, which would be a definite profit problem. Continue reading "Open Document Format (ODF) and Microsoft's Open..." »