On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 09:58:55 AM -0600, Randomthots
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> >Your 5 year old MSO2000 has an XML file format?
>
> If I'm not actively concerned about cross-platform and/or
> cross-application compatibility, then XML is mostly meaningless to
> me.
You and everybody else *already* are "actively concerned in
cross-platform and/or cross-application compatibility through
XML". Even if you do not use any computer at all.
>From my "What on Earth is OpenDocument?" on LinuxFormat # 75:
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...the real reason to require OpenDocument universal support is to
guarantee that your data will always be completely [accessible]
indexable and searchable. Both today [when shared by] different
applications, and fifty years from now.
Q.: So I can safely forget about it, right? None of my files is that
valuable
A.: Wrong. Who ever said that your only files are those in your hard
disk? Think to your pension or mortgage payments [which *are* being
already stored in some XML format]. What if, sometimes between now and
2040 when you will need them, the only paper copies get lost?
Q.: No problem, of course. My bank and pension department keep digital
copies in Office XP format... oh, wait...
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Ciao,
Marco F.
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Marco Fioretti mfioretti, at the server mclink.it
Fedora Core 3 for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/
It's never too late to have a happy childhood. --Gloria Steinem
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