LinuxPlanet: Editor's Note: The Importance of Open File Formats, Redux | Linux Today

LinuxPlanet: Editor’s Note: The Importance of Open File Formats, Redux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 22, 2000

[ Thanks to Kevin
Reichard
for this link. ]

“A few weeks ago I wrote a piece on the importance of open file
formats and why Microsoft was essentially evil for trying to patent
a streaming-media file format….”

“I received a lot of responses to the article, almost all
positive (and only one calling me a Communist!)”

Perhaps the most important response, however, came from
Vistasource President Bernie Thompson, reporting on his company’s
commitment to open file formats.

“As you’ll recall, Applixware Office is one of the oldest and
newest software products in the Linux market. I remember seeing
demos of Applixware Office on the Sun Solaris platform when I
attended X Window trade shows in the early 1990s. Over the years
Applixware Office was continually improved, and it’s now available
on the Linux platform, as a formidable competitor to StarOffice and
the other many Linux office suites. Vistasource is an Applixware
subsidiary that markets Applix products to the Linux
community.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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