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XML Support In Office 2003 Isn't For Everyone

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the market-will-bear-a-lot dept.

0x0d0a writes "Unfortunately, it seems that Microsoft's recent campaign to promote Office 2003 based on its XML support may be a bit misleading. Only the Enterprise and Professional releases will have this support -- not Standard. Microsoft will still be leveraging file format compatibility for at least another Office release."

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  1. I think it would be better by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Troll

    if there wasnt so much of a focus on crap like "productivity" and "getting things done" and "using the right tools" and everyone just switched to GNU/Linux, KDE and OpenOffice.

    Sure, your business will more than likely tank as your employees struggle to get even rudimentary things like printing working, but oh my goodness MicroSoft is bad for producing a working product which has lasted for what, almost two decades now.

    1. Re:I think it would be better by jcast · · Score: 1, Troll

      Actually it's not hard to get printing working if your tech people are thinking about what they're doing. Now, if you're too cheap to hire tech people with an IQ of 100, that's another story...

      --
      There are reasons why democracy does not work nearly as well as capitalism.
      -- David D. Friedman
  2. Re:Not to snipe here... by asparagus · · Score: 1, Troll

    A little of both, I'd reckon.

    MS is fully aware of how to play the ends against each other for their own benefit. Many in the community are wary of this, for good reason.

    Swimming with a very big shark is always guaranteed to be interesting, not necessarily good or bad. This is just throwing a few drops of blood in the water to spice things up.