2008/5/21 Jack D. Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > James Knott wrote the following on 5/21/2008 2:13 PM: > >> I wonder if this has anything to do with it? >> >> http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/05/21/alex-brown-and-the-lost-scroll-of-ooxml/ >> > > http://www.adjb.net/index.php?entry=entry080520-161544 > If you follow the links to this page you will discover this amusing little > gem: > <snip> > >> I remember how a pleasant conversation over lunch was interrupted by >> somebody scraping their chair across the floor to join our table and >> launching into a monologue about how we should be wary of OOXML, as it >> contained secret metadata fields the FBI used to track people down and shoot >> them. >> > <snip> > > Since M Henri Day states he is a 'conspiracy theorist', he should be > particularly wary of MS products. :-) >
Jack, I use them all the time, when they fit my needs. But not exclusively - it pleases me to have (at least the illusion of) a choice.... Henri
