http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/pc_worlds_techlog_-_microsoft_office_file_formats_to_go_xml/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:32:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/pc_worlds_techlog_-_microsoft_office_file_formats_to_go_xml/comment-page-1/#comment-47801 bryan Fri, 03 Jun 2005 19:23:02 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/10809#comment-47801 I'd wait until MS shows the specs of "MS Open XML" before making the breathless proclamations this article does. IIRC, MS was part of the team (with Netscape) that managed to tear up HTML with proprietary tags and inconsistent support for standard language. I'd wait until MS shows the specs of "MS Open XML" before making the breathless proclamations this article does. IIRC, MS was part of the team (with Netscape) that managed to tear up HTML with proprietary tags and inconsistent support for standard language.

]]> http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/pc_worlds_techlog_-_microsoft_office_file_formats_to_go_xml/comment-page-1/#comment-47777 Jeff Fri, 03 Jun 2005 14:43:14 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/10809#comment-47777 Talked to my engineerring prof about this today. He's a big OpenOffice advocate and used to use StarOffice. The implications related to MS responding to OpenOffice in this fashion are an even bigger deal than just the file size issue. Talked to my engineerring prof about this today. He's a big OpenOffice advocate and used to use StarOffice. The implications related to MS responding to OpenOffice in this fashion are an even bigger deal than just the file size issue.

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