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Microsoft Emails Blender
May 12, 2008, 14 :15 UTC (22 Talkback[s]) (10776 reads)

(Other stories by Pamela Jones)

"Microsoft has just approached the Blender guys, and I would assume have or will approach other FOSS projects since we learn that Microsoft has assigned a guy to work with Open Source projects, with a request for information on how to make Blender run better on Windows. Here's part of what Microsoft emailed to Blender:

"With respect to Blender, what can you tell me about your community/user feedback that you have heard regarding file formats? Specifically, Microsoft is slowly shifting toward a more open standards based approach to its file formats..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
...get the blender source, build and ins ...   MS could...   
philc
May 12, 2008, 14:32:12
 
>The ISO standard Office Open XML is an  ...   OOXML is example of direction? WOW.   
Zeke123
May 12, 2008, 14:40:00
 
They're not going to do that. They d ...   Re: MS could...   
Phil
May 12, 2008, 15:24:53
 
to QT4 or Java.That should make it x-pla ...   fund effor to convert the UI   
vm
May 12, 2008, 15:47:22
 
>> "I would love to see all Open Source  ...   Preserving the seat of their power   
Jose_X
May 12, 2008, 16:33:28
 
> ...get the blender source, build and i ...   Re: MS could...   
barney
May 12, 2008, 16:33:54
 
Great reply titled "Will they fall for i ...   Great comments on groklaw   
Jose_X
May 12, 2008, 17:02:16
 
http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php?mode= ...   UhOhXML because they can't win with open forma   
Jose_X
May 12, 2008, 17:11:29
 
> Why doesn't Microsoft move to ODF  ...   Re: Preserving the seat of their power   
barney
May 12, 2008, 17:22:48
 
The Blender interface is already 100% Op ...   Re: fund effor to convert the UI   
Tony OBryan
May 12, 2008, 17:27:54
 
>> The Blender interface is already 100% ...   Re: Re: fund effor to convert the UI   
vm
May 12, 2008, 17:55:32
 
>> a) Is the UI easily portable to windo ...   Re: Re: Re: fund effor to convert the UI   
Jose_X
May 12, 2008, 19:00:37
 
One of Monopolysoft's various goals  ...   Fishing   
Jose_X
May 12, 2008, 19:06:17
 
 The editor of LT really looks for any e ...   Why Is This Article Here?   
Things Learned
May 12, 2008, 22:53:16
 
> a) Is the UI easily portable to window ...   Re: Re: Re: fund effor to convert the UI   
Tony OBryan
May 13, 2008, 00:33:49
 
I know that there is faint hope that a f ...   Fork!   
Joe User
May 13, 2008, 04:43:17
 
>  The editor of LT really looks for any ...   Re: Why Is This Article Here?   
Dave
May 13, 2008, 11:38:38
 
I suspect its partly because several of  ...   Re: Why Is This Article Here?   
sfdiouisa;fjs
May 13, 2008, 17:14:58
 
>> While it's a liability in the lea ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: fund effor to convert the UI   
Jose_X
May 13, 2008, 17:29:03
 
>> I know that there is faint hope that  ...   Re: Fork!   
Jose_X
May 13, 2008, 18:05:29
 
What the hell? There will be no interfer ...   Re: Fork!   
joeedh
May 16, 2008, 02:11:33
 
Yes, we really care about *all* platform ...   Re: Re: Fork!   
joeedh
May 16, 2008, 02:17:08
 
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