Ms Office Goes Xml
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Microsoft is putting a key web technology at the heart of its most popular programs.
By late 2006 all the files created by users of its Office suite of software will be formatted with web-centred XML specifications.
The decision marks a big change to Microsoft's existing proprietary file formats that can be hard to work with.
Microsoft said the changes should make it much easier for companies to do more business via the web. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Whole article: <a href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4603539.stm' target='_blank'>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4603539.stm</a>
Interesting stuff I suppose. Man, now I <i>really</i> need to learn to use XML.
By late 2006 all the files created by users of its Office suite of software will be formatted with web-centred XML specifications.
The decision marks a big change to Microsoft's existing proprietary file formats that can be hard to work with.
Microsoft said the changes should make it much easier for companies to do more business via the web. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Whole article: <a href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4603539.stm' target='_blank'>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4603539.stm</a>
Interesting stuff I suppose. Man, now I <i>really</i> need to learn to use XML.
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it also happens to be easy to interface with other things because of that fact.