Hi,

At 01:02 PM 3/30/2008, you wrote:
>Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>>Brett Zamir wrote:
>>>
>>>God help you if you ever decide to try OOXML... ;)
>>It's not _that_ much worse; the biggest nasty
>So those extra 5000 pages or so of the spec were not relevant or 
>just a no-brainer?...

Do (don't) we need to point out for the uninitiated that "OOXML" is 
not the XML used by OpenOffice.org, but the so-called "Office Open 
XML" format presented to an undeserving world by the developers of 
Word, aka "Office"?

http://government.zdnet.com/?p=3743

Seeing how that format handles inline markup is enough to make your 
hair go grey (if it hasn't already). In the short-medium term (that 
is, until commercial software steps in to make the problem Mostly Go 
Away), business prospects look good for XML consultants with strong stomachs.

This is not the same as OpenOffice XML, aka ODF.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/odf_ooxml_technical_white_paper

Cheers,
Wendell


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