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Originally Posted by CommanderROR
not really...open formats are cool, but open source gives all those programmers out there a chance to give us open format readers for the device, and they can
create new software whenever the formats change...and make it free as well.
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Not quite. Data represents actual work done by a user. Not being able to get to your data means that work is lost. Hence, more and more governments demand open formats.
An application (should the source not be available) can be recreated by any team of capable programmers, OTOH.
For example, it's far more important that HTML is an open standard than that Firefox is an open-source application.