> >if I want to share with others, PowerPoint is the standard. Same goes for
>Word and Excel.
Standards are published and open. In contrast, .doc, .xls and .ppt
are not even conventions. Their exact specs are shrouded in secrecy,
change often, and appear to be designed not to interoperate wherever
possible. They often contain, for no known reason, the end user's
unique ethernet device number which effectively offers a simple means
of spying, and they are entirely controlled by one company for its
own ends. That company has been shown to abuse consumers. Yet, even a
committee can design a more virus-proof document format (e.g.
w3c.org). IMO the US Court should force Microsoft to publish its
existing document specifications and require it to use xml as the
basis for any 'innovative' new formats.
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