Slightly off topic but .... >From today's Slashdot: ==== begin quote ==========
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Stephane Rodriguez Dismantles Open XML | | from the some-kind-of-joke dept. | | posted by kdawson on Sunday August 26, @07:54 (Microsoft) | | http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/25/2219202 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ [0]Elektroschock writes "Stephane Rodriguez, a reengineering specialist who became popular for his [1]article on MS Office 2007 binary data, now [2]comprehensively debunks Microsoft's new Open XML format. With small case studies he demonstrates the impossible challenges third-party developers will face. His conclusion: it is 'defective by design.' Next week members of the International Standard Organization are likely to approve the format as a second official ISO standard for office documents, even though most nations have submitted comments. Rodriguez claims he is 'not affiliated to any pro-MS or anti-MS party/org[anization]/ass[ociation].'" Discuss this story at: http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/25/2219202 Links: 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1. http://www.codeproject.com/cs/library/office2007bin.asp 2. http://www.arstdesign.com/articles/OOXML-is-defective-by-design.html ==== end quote ===== -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
