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Story: Office 12 to 'bring XML to the masses'

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Office 12 is a few years behind OpenOffice.org. StarOffice and OOo have had XML + zip formats for years. So has Koffice. I guess imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. A major difference is that OOo's formats are not proprietary, like MS Office 12's. Yes, it is possible to make XML formats that are unreadable by competitors. Hence all the XML patents MS has been seeking.

However, the whole press release makes me wonder, "Why wait for MS when you can have XML based forms now in other products?" OpenOffice.org v2 even supports OpenDocument already.

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