On 1/18/06, Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jeff Causey wrote: > > The problem I am trying to anticipate is the business > > person who responds, "Doesn't MSO use XML files now? What about their > > new Office XML formats?" > > 1) "Doesn't MSO use XML files now?" > > No, not yet. But next version will.
Microsoft Office 2003 has an XML format, (and has for 3 years). It's a different format than the one they are planning to use in the next version of MSO, but it is XML. 2) What about their new Office XML formats. > > They have the same resistance to corruption that I described for ODF > files. That's not surprising since the Office XML format is obviously Is obviously what? I don't see the rest of that sentence. Did it get cut off somehow? If you were going to say "obviously a copycat of OpenOffice.org" I'd find that ironic when you say in the same email... No reason we can't edit that list a little to make it fit OOo. We can > match and improve all of those points. > I think learning from your competition is an excellent way to grow. I mean, look at the success MS has had copying Apple. -- - Chad Smith http://www.gimpshop.net/ Because everyone loves free software!
