Re: [tag] tag meeting minutes 2007-05-17

[Patrick Curran <Patrick.Curran@Sun.COM>]

It's not in MS Word format - that's the point. (If it were I could use StarOffice - Sun's version of OpenOffice - to open it.) However, for some reason Microsoft has chosen to publish this specification in a format that can only be read if:

• you're running Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2003 AND
• you've installed the latest service pack AND
• you've installed "Microsoft Core XML Services 6.0" AND
• you've install the "Microsoft XML Paper Specification Essentials Pack 1.0"

I'm sure Vladimir could figure out a way to export the text into a more portable format, but as he points out, Microsoft's license prohibits him from doing so. It contains the following language:

1. You may review these Materials only (a) as a reference to assist You in planning and designing Your product, service or technology ("Product") to interface with a Microsoft product, specification, service or technology ("Microsoft Product") as described in these Materials; and (b) to provide feedback on these Materials to Microsoft. All other rights are retained by Microsoft; this Agreement does not give You rights under any Microsoft patents. You may not (i) duplicate any part of these Materials, (ii) remove this Agreement or any notices from these Materials, or (iii) give any part of these Materials, or assign or otherwise provide Your rights under this Agreement, to anyone else.

Something tells me that this "standard" won't be very widely adopted!

Dave Pawson wrote:

On 18/05/07, Vladimir Sosnin <Vladimir.Sosnin@sun.com> wrote:

Unfortunately, I can't convert it to any other format due to MS license
agreement (you can see it before download).

If It's MS Word, save as HTML, save as plain text etc,
then let someone convert it to a format we can all read?

regards