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Information Technology News Microsoft contributes to Apache POI project | Microsoft contributes to Apache POI project |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Wednesday, 26 March 2008 | |
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"Donating code to an established, consensus-driven organization such as the Apache Software Foundation benefits both our customers and the open source community at large," said Sam Ramji, senior director of platform technology strategy at Microsoft. "By helping contribute to new Apache solutions, we are putting our intentions into action, and giving back to this dynamic community. We're excited to work with Sourcesense, whose experience in catalyzing Apache technologies and open development practices makes it the ideal partner." Sourcesense is a major European open source systems integrator with offices in Italy, the UK and the Netherlands. Gianugo Rabellino, CEO of Sourcesense, said "Microsoft's participation with the Apache community reinforces its commitment to bridging open standards with Open Source. Through our SHARE methodology, companies are able to more efficiently introduce, control and manage Open Source technology across their organization. The timing is perfect, and we’re thrilled to be a part of this important milestone." The first release of a version of Apache POI with support for Office Open XML is expected during the second quarter of 2008.
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* provide full and irrevocable patent protections for anyone (even commercial interests) who implements these formats
* makes sure that the specs are fully compatible with free software, particularly the GPL
* commit to documenting everything (now and in the future) in a timely manner and making those documents easily downloadable for free
* include all related specs and technologies (e.g. macros, formulae, DRM) in the above protections
If Microsoft can't commit to these, we are still dealing with a proprietary format.