> The most important issue is that MS has to stop selling Word with XML > and pay money. In effect, Word has been orphaned unless MS can switch > to something besides XML quickly.
No, the ruling is much narrower than just "You can't use XML". It has to do with support for the creation of certain kinds of custom XML documents by users (this allows users to create forms and similar templates). It's significant that the ruling only affects Word, not PowerPoint or Excel, both of which also use XML for document storage. In any event, the injunction is never going to take effect. MS has appealed and it will either get the ruling overturned or it will pay off this little company, in which someone else has simply stepped up to the Microsoft ATM and made a big withdrawal. > That being said, Microsoft has had to issue fixes for XML in the > relatively recent past, consider: > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-069.mspx > > I can also recall MS having to issue fixes for XML Zero Day flaws. It > appears that as soon as one flaw is fixed, others crop up with XML usage. Fine, but my point is that these are not security issues with XML as you implied. They are issues with the code that parses and processes XML documents. It's not valid to say "XML has security issues", because it doesn't. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
