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Format Comparison Between ODF and MS XML (Groklaw)

Format Comparison Between ODF and MS XML (Groklaw)

Posted Nov 29, 2005 2:39 UTC (Tue) by Baylink (subscriber, #755)
In reply to: Format Comparison Between ODF and MS XML (Groklaw) by drag
Parent article: Format Comparison Between ODF and MS XML (Groklaw)

> What is needed for Office things like Koffice, OpenOffice.org, MS Office, etc is to have seperate working 'native' formats and then easily portable formats for archival (because they would be much smaller and retain the important/relevent data) and presentation purposes (because it would work with the widest amount programs and be future proof)

Ah... that's exactly what They *want* you to think (much less say). :-)

Look up "second-class citizen".

Your *native* file format needs to be sufficiently capable to store everything you need. And it shouldn't be that hard. Rough consensus, and working code, folks.


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