Could be good for third party developers
The most important thing SchemaSoft develop is in my opinion a developer library that other developers can use to read and write Microsoft OLE based file formats. See
http://www.schemasoft.com/tools/structuredstorage.html
This has been used by Apple and Adobe amongst others.
OLE format files include those produced by Visio, MS Project, PowerPoint, etc.
It has been a great disappointment uptil now how stupid some Mac developers have been in this area. For example, 99% of Project type programs for the Mac cannot read and write MS Project .mpp format files. This is despite the fact the vast majority of PC users still use that format (rather than the newer XML format), and despite MANY requests from Mac users wanting compatibility with that format. Instead these foolish developers require Mac users to go through messy work arounds involving emailing or uploading files to be converted by a PC server. If you are working on a customer site (doing Project Management) then this is often unfeasible as many larger customers secure their networks so that unauthorised computers (i.e. your own laptop) cannot get Internet access.
Equally 100% of developers of Visio type applications for the Mac have made the same stupid mistake. Again the vast majority of PC users are using Visio use .vsd format files rather than XML format files.
While I can understand that if the SchemaSoft library did not exist third party developers might either not have the required information to do it themselves or the time and ability, this is obviously not true since the software already exists for Mac OS X. I don't believe cost is a justification either as I would pay more for a product that could read and write PC format files than for one that could not. Note: SchemaSoft even use Visio as an example!!!
Without TRUE file compatibility these Mac developers are significantly reducing their sales potential. For example my own company will not buy copies of this type of software without this functionality. Instead we are forced to use Virtual PC.
ProjectWizards see
http://www.projectwizards.de/en/ are the only developers currently who have a MS Project compatible product (called Merlin) for the Mac which can read and write .mpp format files directly. We have therefore bought a copy of this program.
I have brought this library to the attention of the relevant developers such as Computer Systems Odessa (developers of ConceptDraw). We would potentially buy many copies IF it could directly read and write Visio .vsd files (it cannot). Computer Systems Odessa have also developed LeadingProject (an MS Project type program) and again they don't support proper file formats (only XML).
If Apple do buy SchemaSoft then potentially they could make this programming library available for free as part of XCode and therefore available to all Mac third party developers.
Third parties would then have no excuse for not providing full file compatibility.
ConceptDraw - Visio - .vsd support = no
LeadingProject - MS Project - .mpp support = no
Merlin - MS Project - .mpp support = yes
xTime - MS Project - .mpp support = no
AEC FastTrack Schedule - MS Project - .mpp support = no