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Re: RTF - proprietary or open?

From: Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty(at)sbcglobal.net>
Date: Mon Jun 25 2007 - 13:54:01 EDT

John Hasler wrote:
> David Baron writes:
>

>>Microsoft does not restrict [the use of RTF] to my knowledge.

>
>
> They can't.

Are you a lawyer? How do you know this?

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>

>>SQL is also theirs...

>
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> Whatever gave you that idea? IBM created SQL before Microsoft existed! It
> has been an ISO standard since 1987. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL>

You need to learn some history. MicroSoft predates 1987 by quite a bit.

Mike

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