[Red Badger]

I'd tell'em to go pound lutefisk in their....uh ....ears..........

[N3WBI3]

Naa, Microsoft would be stupid not to open up their file format, not that I am fond the the euro's but I think they are right in wanting government communications to be in a file format one does not need a particular application to read..

A government using .doc, or .pdf is a defacto endorsement of that product and forces whoever wants to read the doing of their government to use a particular private corporations product. Microsoft has shown signs in recent years of understanding this and I don't think well see any compliance problems from them..