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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 03-01-2010 05:13, Michael Kraemer wrote:
> 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.

True. But you would have the same problems with Lotus, WordPerfect
etc. products.

Arne