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OOXML gets ISO approval

OOXML gets ISO approval

Posted Apr 6, 2008 20:52 UTC (Sun) by hazelsct (guest, #3659)
In reply to: OOXML gets ISO approval by jimparis
Parent article: OOXML gets ISO approval

Indeed.  I've always marveled that Sun didn't file a trademark infringement suit the moment
Microsoft announced the format name.  They got beat when they tried "Palm PC" so we have
"Pocket PC", why not here?

In that regard, it does very much matter if OOXML succeeds and ODF does not, because it
creates the very confusion that trademark law is designed to prevent.


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