On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 23:06 -0500, Kent West wrote: > Carl Fink wrote: > >On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 04:35:50AM +0200, Anders Breindahl wrote: [snip] > >and Microsoft's reaction was to announce that the next version of MS Office > >will use the same zipped-XML format that OO uses. > > > > > Again, I'm probably wrong, but my understanding is that MS is planning > on using XML, but since XML is not a file format _per se_, but rather a > "format that describes a format", MS's use of XML does not guarantee > third-party readability. I especially doubt that MS has chosen to use > the same format as that used by OOo. If you can offer a link, I'd be > interested in reading about this; it could be a very interesting thing. KW is correct. Especially galling is that it will be "'encrypted' binary within XML" and covered by the DMCA. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something." William Goldman, The Princess Bride
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