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05.21.2006
Business , Commentary , Simplification , Technology
Microsoft's 4,000-Page Open XML Draft Standard
"At 4,000 plus pages, a 6.7MB Microsoft Word document, the Open XML draft standard is less of a standard and more of a painfully detailed description of how Open XML could be used to display almost any possible Microsoft Office document." Clearly, they missed the memo on simplification as a business advantage. Also, how can they consider this an "open" standard if it's only limited to Microsoft Office products? Microsoft's draft Open XML straitjacket arrives.
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