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Posted in Asia, Open XML, OpenDocument, Quote, Standard at 9:44 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Spotted in an essay found through Bob Sutor’s blog:
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I heard Microsoft claiming that OOXML is open because it is in XML. In “open” they mean that anyone can use, process, manipulate, interpret OOXML documents. Is that really so? I say not!
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The claim from Microsoft regarding OOXML being open because it is an XML format hits that very point I was making. This is just plain wrong and people need to understand why.
Some have said that Microsoft gives a bad name to XML, whose purpose was not to contain binary enclosures, patents, and redundancy.
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While on this topic of standards, it is time to congratulate Hasan from Open Malaysia, for raising awareness of real standards.
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