[Info-vax] OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

[Michael Kraemer]

Arne Vajhøj schrieb:

> And MS supply free readers for doc/xls/ppt as well.
> 
> And they have publicized their formats as well, so
> other can implement them.
> 
> So the difference is ??

that M$ didn't do this until their monopoly
was completed. About fifteen years ago
you'd had a hard time to view those proprietary
formats properly on anything different than M$ Windoze+office.