Carl Fink wrote: >On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 04:35:50AM +0200, Anders Breindahl wrote: > > >>I am also sorry to announce, that I am one of those, who will be ``jumping >>down peoples' throats'' in the case of not keeping to the net-etiquette. >> >> >Correct people, fine, but that's different from jumping down their throats. > > I think his use of quote marks indicates that he didn't perceive himself as jumping down people's throats, but that others might make that claim when he offers a netiquette-correction.
Of course, I could be wrong. >OpenOffice has solved the .doc problem, > > Mostly. >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. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
