Some security companies are reluctant to offer anything other than their proprietary format.

As it is a secret, proprietary format which cannot be opened with free software.

They are stored in a proprietary format, and you have to use their software to process them.

Images and documents are all stored in a proprietary format.

Most play MP3 files and at least one proprietary format.

It also includes support for proprietary formats such as .

Specific projects may convert the images to a proprietary format used internally by their game.

It is totally different than the proprietary format that all other dental software uses.

All their documents get permanently stuck in Microsoft's proprietary formats.

You would think you could at least "save as" another Microsoft proprietary format.

Proprietary formats require a specific vendor's package to view the files.

So what's your next argument - that iPods lock you into a proprietary format?

Following are links to free viewers, to help you see documents in proprietary formats: Word (.

It's a proprietary format developed by the contractor Cubic.

Some providers (such as Skype) also use their own closed, proprietary formats.

Users are able to save their mixes as a proprietary format .

Amazon's decision to go with a technically limited closed proprietary format makes me uncomfortable on principle.

Replays are normally saved in proprietary formats made by the developers.

Many are in proprietary formats, not plain text.

Not all programs can read other programs' proprietary formats, which can be a problem if you change software or send the files to someone else.

This is especially problematic when proprietary formats are used, in which case it might be impossible to write appropriate software to read the file.

It is developed and regulated by MapInfo as a proprietary format.

It is a proprietary format; manufacturers must pay a small royalty to be allowed to support it.

Files in proprietary formats usually pose bigger problems.

Adoption was limited by the competition between proprietary formats and the need to buy expensive drives for computers where the disks would be used.