Microsoft Challenges Massachusetts on Open-Format Plan (eWeek) [LWN.net]

Microsoft Challenges Massachusetts on Open-Format Plan (eWeek)

Posted Sep 16, 2005 8:52 UTC (Fri) by hingo (guest, #14792)
In reply to: Microsoft Challenges Massachusetts on Open-Format Plan (eWeek) by Wol
Parent article: Microsoft Challenges Massachusetts on Open-Format Plan (eWeek)

Nope. You can be fully compliant with a DTD or Schema, but still position everything wrong when the document is viewed in your word processor.

Similarly, no amount of testing can guarantee 100% interoperability. That's like there could be an automated test that guarantees there are no bugs in your software. I'm sure whatever certification process OASIS has in place, a hundred well paid MS engineers can easily implement an Open Document filter that passes the tests but is useless for interoperability purposes.

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