Those who hate Outlook can rejoice: Microsoft announced that it is working on open specifications. PST, known as totally proprietary format, for use by third parties. As the resource, the largest software maker has promised to publish the full specification of the format. PST, used in Outlook, provided by Microsoft as a tool for e-mail and calendar. Manufacturer says this is being done to improve the interaction in the market.

While third-party solutions for working with files. PST existed for a long time; they rely on recompilation format, that is, when you use third-party programs. PST files are not rare data corruption, crashes, and a tendency to disappear at the next renewal of support from Microsoft. Recognizing this problem, Paul Lorime, manager of Microsoft Office Interoperability, said in his blog that the company is focused on "further improve the platform independent access to email, calendar, contacts and other data created in Microsoft Outlook”.

By removing the dependence on the call API, Microsoft will be able to afford computers without Outlook, including those which have an operating system not from the family of Windows, for example, Linux, "read, create and interact with the data files. PST in server and client scripts. To the delight of fans of the software open source, Lorimer confirmed that the specifications that the company will publish immediately, as soon as it is sure that they are "clear and ready to use" will match "Open Specification Promise (Microsoft commitment to open standards), which will allow anyone to use. PST files on any platform and any tools, no problems with patents and without the need to communicate with Microsoft ".