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Microsoft clarifies
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 Meanwhile, advocates of open standard have stated that the idea of open standard is not to be confused with open source software.

For example, in case of document formats, one standard could be a open document format (ODF). Proprietary software can still conform to open document formats.
Thus mandating open standards does not close the door on proprietary software companies.

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(Published 04 August 2009, 00:45 IST)