"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..."
