[Bf-committers] Microsoft dev support

[Ken Hughes]

Ton Roosendaal wrote:
> With respect to Blender, what can you tell me about your community/user  
> feedback that you have heard regarding file formats?  Specifically,  
> Microsoft is slowly shifting toward a more open standards based  
> approach to its file formats.  The ISO standard Office Open XML is an  
> example of the direction we are moving towards.
> A good user experience of Blender on Windows is good for your  
> project/community and good for Microsoft.  What we are trying to  
> understand is what file formats, which are not open or not fully open,  
> are impeding the optimal experience with your community. If this is an  
> important issue to your users then it also accrues to the experience in  
> Windows. I would like to know what feedback you might have received  
> regarding the files your users most often import and those they might  
> be having a sub-optimal experience with.  Please also include in that  
> list any Microsoft files that you might have trouble with.
>   
*Any* file format standard which is not open or fully open can impede 
the experience.

I think a better question is why is Microsoft not working more toward 
embracing already open file formats (Ogg/Vorbis, FLAC, etc)?  The OOXML 
"direction" is the perfect example of exactly what the FOSS community 
does not need.

Ken