On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 01:53:19AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 23:06 -0500, Kent West wrote: > > Carl Fink wrote: > > >On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 04:35:50AM +0200, Anders Breindahl wrote: > [snip] > > >and Microsoft's reaction was to announce that the next version of MS Office > > >will use the same zipped-XML format that OO uses. > > > > > > > > Again, I'm probably wrong, but my understanding is that MS is planning > > on using XML, but since XML is not a file format _per se_, but rather a > > "format that describes a format", MS's use of XML does not guarantee > > third-party readability. I especially doubt that MS has chosen to use > > the same format as that used by OOo. If you can offer a link, I'd be > > interested in reading about this; it could be a very interesting thing. > > KW is correct. > > Especially galling is that it will be "'encrypted' binary within > XML" and covered by the DMCA.
It looks as if we'll need the nonUS package repository again. Maybe it was a mistake to abolish it. -- hendrik > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson, LA USA > PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. > > "Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who tells you differently is > selling something." > William Goldman, The Princess Bride > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
