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Co-Inventor of XML Says Office 11 is "A Huge Step Forward for Microsoft"
Zombie9920:
http://www.sys-con.com/xml/articlenews.cfm?id=513
voidmain:
We can only hope that they use XML "standards" for their default file formats. If they do, we will no longer have anything to complain about, and finally other Office systems (OpenOffice) will be able to read Microsoft files perfectly. My experiences with Microsoft in the past tells me that they will somehow muck with the XML standard and proprietize it in some way that will continue to make compatibility impossible. Maybe like embedded binary within the XML? We'll just have to wait and see...
Crunchy(Cracked)Butter:
If there is some standards agency over seeing the XML standard (just lke Philips over see's the CD format)then they could disallow any redesign in the format unless MS has bought them?
I hope they leave the XML format well alone as well, then the road is alot easier for my favourite office package, that being OpenOffice.
Calum:
Sony oversees the CD's miriad formats.
voidmain:
Why should M$ start caring what standards agencies think? They never have in the past. One of the thousands of examples is HTML. Do they do a good job at sticking to W3C standards? I believe W3C is also in charge of XML:
http://www.w3.org/XML/
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