Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Microsoft Just Says No to .Doc Replacement Panel

Posted by timothy on from the they-could-take-another-fork-in-the-road dept.

Schlemphfer writes "OASIS is a nonprofit consortium backed by top technology companies, and the purpose of this organization is to set open standards for desktop and business software. They've just announced a working group that will create an XML-based document format standard for openoffice.org. And even though Microsoft is a member of Oasis, they aren't going to be taking part in this group. It's a logical move on Bill's part, considering that standardized XML docs are sure to weaken the hold that Microsoft's proprietary .doc format has on business software."

6 of 483 comments (clear)

  1. First Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post. First Post. First Post. First Post

  2. IN OTHER NEWS SKY IS FALLING by earache · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Chicken Little anybody?

  3. Good news by oliverthered · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I can still call Bill a wanker and feel pure in my thoughts.

    --
    thank God the internet isn't a human right.
  4. open up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    0O0oo00 pPPPPP EeeEee N n
    0 0 p p E N N N
    o o p p e n n n
    o 0 pppppp EeEeEE N N N
    o 0 p E n n N
    o o P E N NN
    oo00000 p eeeeee n n

  5. Cyber Bill by aflat362 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I laugh every time I see the cyborg Bill Gates icon that /. uses for their microsoft stories. I believe it originated from The Onion. Sillyness galore.

    --

    Conserve Oil, Recycle, Boycott Walmart

  6. .DOC is trash by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Funny this story comes up today. I spent most of the morning trying to fix page-numbering bugs in one of my team's system specs. If you're doing anything longer than 50 pages and you have any kind of complicated graphics or layouts, don't touch Word with a 10-foot pole. And don't even THINK about trying to use sub-documents.