These open specs are excellent. It's a shame that ...

2008-07-20T20:48:00.000+02:00

These open specs are excellent. It's a shame that MS had to have the EU's financial gun to its head to develop these, but that's water under the bridge and we now have them.

I've been delving into the OCS related specs (c/f http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2008/07/open-geek-goodness-from-microsoft.html) and find them good. These are an excellent advance on what we had before.

While ogod, they could be better. For example, look at my comments in the thread at: http://forums.msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/os_office/thread/91092a24-71b4-4092-86b0-29efcac5cfec

I know I can figure out the answers to the issues I raise. AND I think that most folks really don't care. But that's not the point. As a pedant, I'd like to see these documents as a shining example of quality that can be delivered, vs a "we'll do what Nellie demands and that's it."

To some degree, the community is ready, willing, and able to improve the quality of these already excellent documents. I've commented (in the thread mentioned above) that MS should open up these docs for comments (and for questions too!!!). I've got a bunch stored up!

In the meantime, thanks very much for your post. I saw it after discovering the site by other means. This is good stuff, and I hope MS can do more. And if not, I hope MS can allow the community to do more.

I hope MS are listening!

For those in Colorado, the Rocky Mountain Windows ...

2008-07-09T06:56:00.000+02:00

For those in Colorado, the Rocky Mountain Windows Technology User Group (www.rmwtug.org) is hosting a special guest from Microsoft in July 2008 to discuss Microsoft's Open Protocols. The Denver meeting is July 15 and the Colorado Springs meeting is July 16.

Comments on msgoodies: Microsoft Office Open Protocol Specifications

These open specs are excellent. It's a shame that ...

For those in Colorado, the Rocky Mountain Windows ...