http://inre.dundeemt.com/2005-10-20/open-document-format-the-document-interchange-format/ (Because some things just can't go unsaid) Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:19:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://inre.dundeemt.com/2005-10-20/open-document-format-the-document-interchange-format/#comment-4 In Re: » Blog Archive » Microsoft to “Standardize” file formats… Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:19:02 +0000 http://inre.dundeemt.com/?p=12#comment-4 [...] Microsoft, today, announced that there were going to “standardize” their Office 12 XML file formats. Looks like someone from Microsoft read my article on ODF. But there is an awful lot of word parsing coming out in these announcements. To wit, the use of the phrases, “standardize” and “openess.” Either they are playing word games to trick the public or the managment at Microsoft. If Microsoft was truly serious they would approach OASIS and participate in the ODF work going on there. [...] [...] Microsoft, today, announced that there were going to “standardize” their Office 12 XML file formats. Looks like someone from Microsoft read my article on ODF. But there is an awful lot of word parsing coming out in these announcements. To wit, the use of the phrases, “standardize” and “openess.” Either they are playing word games to trick the public or the managment at Microsoft. If Microsoft was truly serious they would approach OASIS and participate in the ODF work going on there. [...]

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