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Is the New Microsoft Office Really Open?

Posted by Cliff on from the a-window-undecided dept.

joesklein asks: "From CNET, there is an article about the new Microsoft Office 11. In summary 'Microsoft says it's opening its Office desktop software by adding support for XML--a move that should help companies free up access to shared information. But there's a catch: It has yet to disclose the underlying XML dialect.' Could this be grounds for another anti-trust suit against Microsoft?"

9 of 485 comments (clear)

  1. first post? by Interfacer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hehe

  2. First post.. :) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post!! :)

  3. Not the FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Damn 20 second thing ruined my first post!

  4. Yeah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's about as open as this.

    1. Re:Yeah by Neuronerd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Mod this down please
      No uncommented links to porn pictures on slashdot please. Its also offtopic

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  5. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by SpinyNorman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Your anus opens YOU.

  6. Only on Slashdot... by Mitchell+Mebane · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ...do links to Goatse get modded up as "Informative".

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  7. IN SOVIET RUSSIA.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...XML means eXtream Malt Liquour.

  8. Re:LOL by cmeans · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    I hope this was typed in, rather than pasted in.

    Should the last WORD_DATA be /WORD_DATA, and what's that ";" doing before the /xml tag...looks bad to me.

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