Warp wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> They're all tied to
> 
>   I have for long wondered why companies are so eager to tie their vital
> documents to a closed proprietary format owned by one company who has sole
> control on when and how the format is supported.

I can think of several reasons.

* Few if any really viable alternatives exist. (That's starting to 
change, slowly.)

* You are completely dependent on the company that makes the factory 
floor equipment you use to not suddenly decide to stop supporting it - 
why not your software?

* Nobody really realises there's a potential problem. (After all, "big" 
companies never go under, do they?)

* Nobody has thought about it.

* Everybody else does it. (Cool reason, eh?)

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