Re: RTF - proprietary or open?

[Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@sbcglobal.net>]

John Hasler wrote:
> David Baron writes:
>
> > Microsoft does not restrict [the use of RTF] to my knowledge.
>
>
> They can't.

Are you a lawyer? How do you know this?

> > SQL is also theirs...
>
>
> Whatever gave you that idea?  IBM created SQL before Microsoft existed!  It
> has been an ISO standard since 1987.  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL>

You need to learn some history. MicroSoft predates 1987 by quite
a bit.

Mike
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