Questionable argument
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| bigg Jun 14, 2007 6:51 AM EDT |
From the article: "On whether Open XML was started to stop ODF, he pointed out that Microsoft had started work on developing an XML data format back in Office 2000, work that predates some of the ODF work." I don't understand this at all. My understanding is that MS pretended to open up only a couple of years ago. Who cares if they were working on an XML data format for Office 2000? |
| jsusanka Jun 14, 2007 8:22 AM EDT |
If that is true then that should say something about which standard is cleaner and easier to implement. They were working on it since 2000 and yet ODF started later and has made more progress than their openxml? currently reading their 47 meg pdf standard and about halfway through it and there is now way anybody could implement this without possible patent infringement with microsoft. what a mess. odf is nice you can easily implement it on any device IMO. |
| dcparris Jun 14, 2007 9:18 AM EDT |
His arguments about the standards each format uses leave much to be desired. The ODF folks never proclaimed their standards as ISO, but rather as well established standards already in wide use. MS went through the old reinvent the wheel routine to produce something we already have - XML image formats. |
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