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Microsoft Office XML formats? Defective by design
Microsoft is trying to push new file formats that are using ZIP and XML. Are those new file formats any good for Office developers ? In other words, should anyone feel safe to make direct access to...
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The truth about Microsoft Office compatibility
Stéphane Rodriguez, February 2008 The Microsoft Office product team rationale for designing such a poorly engineered file format known as OOXML is that, according to public statements they made, they...
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Stéphane Rodriguez, February 2008Previous articles :The truth about Microsoft Office compatibilityOOXML is defective by designMicrosoft has posted an article on their community website related to...
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Bad surprise in Microsoft Office binary documents : interoperability remains...
Stéphane Rodriguez, March 2008Previous articles :- Typical B.S. in technical articles about OOXML- The truth about Microsoft Office compatibility- OOXML is defective by designWhen Microsoft made a...
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Backwards compatible? One more lie by omission
Stéphane Rodriguez, March 2008Previous articles :- Bad surprise in Microsoft Office binary documents : interoperability remains impossible- Typical B.S. in technical articles about OOXML- The truth...
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Custom XML? What Custom XML?
Stéphane Rodriguez, March 2008More recent article on Custom XML (Jan 2010) :- Shaving off standard XML for proprietary stuffPrevious articles :- Backwards compatible? One more lie by omission- Bad...
View ArticleMicrosoft latest bullshit : native support of ODF in Office 2007
Stéphane Rodriguez, May 2008Previous articles :- Custom XML? What Custom XML?- Backwards compatible? One more lie by omission- Bad surprise in Microsoft Office binary documents : interoperability...
View ArticleFollow up on Microsoft latest bullshit announcement
Stéphane Rodriguez, May 2008Previous articles :- Microsoft latest bullshit : native support of ODF in Office 2007- Custom XML? What Custom XML?- Backwards compatible? One more lie by omission- Bad...
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Stéphane Rodriguez, July 2008Previous articles :- Follow up on Microsoft latest bullshit announcement- Microsoft latest bullshit : native support of ODF in Office 2007- Custom XML? What Custom XML?-...
View ArticleMicrosoft's latest aggression on ODF, codenamed "cast lead"
Stéphane Rodriguez, May 2009Previous articles :- Beating a dead horse- Follow up on Microsoft latest bullshit announcement- Microsoft latest bullshit : native support of ODF in Office 2007- Custom XML?...
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Office 2010, "operation Barbarossa" edition
Stéphane Rodriguez, November 2009Previous articles :- Microsoft's latest aggression on ODF, codenamed "cast lead"- Beating a dead horse- Follow up on Microsoft latest bullshit announcement- Microsoft...
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Shaving off standard XML for proprietary stuff
Stéphane Rodriguez, Jan 2010Previous articles :- Office 2010, "operation Barbarossa" edition- Microsoft's latest aggression on ODF, codenamed "cast lead"- Beating a dead horse- Follow up on Microsoft...
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The OOXML interoperability scam
Stéphane Rodriguez, May 2010Every time the Microsoft Office team pushes a comment on the wire, there is another pledge for interoperability. It has been so common for the last few years that if you...
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