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.
Any chance you could provide references for this statement? The people I might have to convince need evidence. They'll have questions like -- is everything to be encrypted? Or just things the author specifies some king of DRM for? -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
