Interessante este artigo do Joel Spolsky:
"Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated?
Last week, Microsoft published the binary file formats for
Office. These formats appear to be almost completely insane.
.... <corta> ...
A normal programmer would conclude that Office’s binary file formats:
. are deliberately obfuscated
. are the product of a demented Borg mind
. were created by insanely bad programmers
. and are impossible to read or create correctly.
.... <corta> ...
Anyway, unless you’re literally trying to create a competitor to
Office that can read and write all Office files perfectly, in
which case, you’ve got thousands of years of work cut out for
you, chances are that reading or writing the Office binary
formats is the most labor intensive way to solve whatever problem
it is that you’re trying to solve."
Texto completo em:
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/02/19.html
Osvaldo
PS. Inacreditavelmente ele não faz nenhuma menção ao padrão ODF!
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