> Marielle, > > MS has submited the new format to ECMA to create a "open" > standard, this is not the current format, this is an attempt > to beat OpenDocument and the F/OSS initiatives out there. I > bet they are putting raw binary data inside the XML, but > that's just me being pessimistic. > > Cheers > andre >
There's rawa data in SQL. Being able to store binary data in a format is maybe unfriendly to someone at one point but that's trivial compared to the advantages that this feature brings or can bring to your apps ;) Just heard of a company using HSM* archival over DB2 for some 120 million files... * <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_Storage_Management> Today, HSM is done over redundant self-healing disks... ;) 80% of your data is old stuff so basically this puts it off into a cheap cloud of disks over the network and all you see is a shortcut to the file... cheers Xavier http://monsieurx.com _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
