Ardeshir Mehta said: >Isn't OS X proprietary? Is OS X a format? Darwin, the core of OS X, is open sourced. Anyway, that is beside the point. >What about incentive? Open standards means, does it not, that >developers don't have a financial incentive to come up with something >better and better as time goes by ... yes? No, it means developers have to focus on prividing good programs rather than "locking-in" their users in whatever format. Or in other words as Chris just pointed out: "Open standards foster competition for the best implementation of the standard". Very well put. >MS Office does everything I expect it to do Good for you!