The MS XML format being counter-proposed by MS is not in use in any
industry nor even in any product for sale today, not even MS' own.
Please keep that important fact in sight, however irritating it may be.
On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, Andrew Brown wrote:
MS make the industry standard file format.
[snip]
Now, the misperception that there is a single format for each of MS'
applications may be a standard. But regardless of the ubiquity of a
misperception, it is still just that, a misperception.
There have been quite a number of format, nearing two dozen, for just MS
Word alone. And all vary somewhat in their incompatibility. It is,
afterall, exactly this incompatibility which has been a major factor in
driving new sales.
MS Office may be very common, but there is no single format specification
out there. Let's keep that myth buried face down and with a stake in it.
-Lars
Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Software patents kill innovation and harm all Net-based business.
Keep them out of the EU by writing your MEP, keep the market open.
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