Backwards compatible? One more lie by omission
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| So, due to the fragments being just another representation of the binary
| records, Office 2007 use of XML terminology is absolutely misleading. Press
| pass filled with the XML acronym all over the place are very appealing to
| CIOs, however. It is more fair to say it's angle brackets around complex
| stuff than actual XML. It that were truly native XML, that would be factored
| in to maximize the reuse of it across libraries, components and applications.
| Just like ODF does.
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http://ooxmlisdefectivebydesign.blogspot.com/2008/03/backwards-compatible-one-more-lie-by.html
The Fog of War and a Ray of Light
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| Meanwhile, an analyst named Dennis Byron launched a series of startling
| articles on OOXML. In one, he incredibly railed against Microsoft
| for “wasting stockholder value” on standards. In another, he launched wild
| allegations against IBM that are totally at odds with all facts of which I
| have personal knowledge.
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| It’s all very depressing, as well as predictable. And it won’t be over until
| it’s over on March 29. Except, of course, it won’t be over then, either.
| The battle at then hand will simply be the next battle, as the forces
| withdraw briefly from the field of this last one while the votes are counted.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20080319171133815
Related:
Microsoft's Sponsored OOXML Study
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| Today, Microsoft made available an IDC study about so-called open desktop
| file formats. It's yet another Microsoft propaganda effort, as a crucial
| format standards vote approaches.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/business_applications/microsofts_sponsored_ooxml_study.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/2tx9eo
IDC pronounces Linux unimportant to European economy [in Microsoft-commissioned
study]
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| A recent IDC white paper on the economic impact of Microsoft's super
| soaraway new Vista operating system seems to be lacking one crucial
| ingredient -- other operating systems.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34542
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