Friday, June 03, 2005
Bill gives with one hand...
New version of Office to support XML interoperability
...and takes with the other
Microsoft patent process for translating between software objects and XML
It sounds good. MS Office will use open XML standards to store files, encouraging greater flexibility, and allowing other applications to easily read and write Office documents. But at the same time MS have been awarded a patent for translating between XML data and software objects. Any reasonably heavyweight XML processing will rely on this method, and so we really have to question Microsoft's real motivation for pushing XML in the new version of Office. at the very least, they might be accused of having a double agenda.
New version of Office to support XML interoperability
...and takes with the other
Microsoft patent process for translating between software objects and XML
It sounds good. MS Office will use open XML standards to store files, encouraging greater flexibility, and allowing other applications to easily read and write Office documents. But at the same time MS have been awarded a patent for translating between XML data and software objects. Any reasonably heavyweight XML processing will rely on this method, and so we really have to question Microsoft's real motivation for pushing XML in the new version of Office. at the very least, they might be accused of having a double agenda.
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