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Microsoft Partially Opens Proprietary XML Format

Posted by Zonk on from the peer-into-the-hat dept.

eschasi writes "Groklaw has an article up reporting that Microsoft is going to open up their XML representation of the DOC format in response to Massachusetts' demand for open formats. According to Groklaw there are some interesting caveats involved in the move. From the license: 'We are acknowledging that end users who merely open and read government documents that are saved as Office XML files within software programs will not violate the license'. While opening up the format even partially is a good idea, it's still a far cry from folks being able to write programs that create DOC-compatible files."

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

    Woohoo! (Is this a dupe?)

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

      Nope, Zonk commited the ultimate travesty. He deleted it before we could bitch about it.

  2. ZONK DELETED A STORY! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There was a dupe about the Knoppix bank CDs... and now it's gone! That's just wrong.

  3. Behold the disappearing story! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The on-the-fly revision process that makes the editorial mistakes disappear faster than The Ministry of Truth makes an unperson.

  4. Fully off topic, but... by double-oh+three · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mod me off topic if you need to, but was it just me or did they just delete a dupe of the knoppix for secure banking article?

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    "For years, I struggled with reality... but I'm happy to say I finally won out over it." -- Elwood P. Dowd
    1. Re:Fully off topic, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      They did! Zonk is trying to cover up his mistakes. He's done it before. If you can remember anyone that posted, you can look at their posting history and find their comments linked to a story that no longer exists.

    2. Re:Fully off topic, but... by sosegumu · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Mod me off topic if you need to, but was it just me or did they just delete a dupe of the knoppix for secure banking article?

      I would mod you (not off topic though) but that article that you mentioned ate my mod point! I'm serious. I modded someone, then the article disappeared--but it kept my mod point. Arghhhhh!!

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      It's easier to wear the spandex than to do the crunches. --David Lee Roth
    3. Re:Fully off topic, but... by Junior+Samples · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      They are playing with the scores as well.

    4. Re:Fully off topic, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      SOMEONE RESTORE THIS MAN'S MOD POINT!!!!

      Its really disturbing when they remove articles from teh front page...

    5. Re:Fully off topic, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      SOMEONE RESTORE THIS MAN'S MOD POINT!!!!

      OH, THE HUMANITY!!

      We have to make our stand here, brothers and sisters! Also, we need to fight to regain our right to make posts in all caps, so we can get past the lameness filter.

  5. dupe detector introduced on /. by sonoluminescence · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The dupe about knoppix and banks just disappeared no?

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    Karma: Bad. Calmer, good.
    1. Re:dupe detector introduced on /. by Ohreally_factor · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Have you ever been on a factory floor, and seen a sign that records how much time has passed since the last work related accident?

      We need something like that for slashdot dupes. At least a little banner on the editors' browsers. Maybe with a bonus system to give them incentive. For one week without a dupe, everyone on staff gets $20. At two weeks, it's doubled. Three weeks it's doubled again.

      This might sound expensive, but I highly doubt they'd ever make it past one week, no matter how much weed the extra money would buy them.

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      It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
  6. Zonk is on a mod-down spree! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey Zonk, mod this down too! We know you suck as an editor, and you can't hide it by deleting your mistakes and modding comments about them down. It's obvious anyway.

    1. Re:Zonk is on a mod-down spree! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hey Zonk, mod this down too! We know you suck as an editor, and you can't hide it by deleting your mistakes and modding comments about them down. It's obvious anyway.

      All this modding down is keeping poor old Zonk from getting his Cinnabon, and you just know he's got some fierce munchies after his 9:30 bong hits.

  7. you are correct sir! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    /mcmahon

  8. It's not just gone from the front page by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's fully inaccessible. If you made a comment in it, you can no longer access it. You can only see it listed in your comments.

  9. Off-Topic but curious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dude, how the hell do you log in? Do you have notepad handy with your username in it?

  10. Re:MOD PARENT WAY TEH FUCK UP +1 RELEVANT-AS-SHIT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Relax, dude. It's not the "stupid moderators" this time. It's Zonk abusing his powers as an editor to avoid embarrassment.

    Hey Zonk! Maybe lay off of the bong hits when you wake up in the morning? Most people wait until 4 PM or so, to make that last hour of work more bearable.

  11. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Who is modding down all posts about the mistery of a missing slashdot story?