Microsoft Deprecating Some OOXML Functionality

christian.einfeldt writes "According to open standards advocate Russell Ossendryver, Microsoft will be deprecating certain functionality in its Microsoft Office Open XML specification. Ossendryver says the move is an attempt to quiet critics of the specification in the run up to the crucial February ISO vote. The Microsoft-led industry standards group formally offering OOXML confirms in a 21 December 2007 announcement that issues related to the 'leap year bug', VML, compatibility settings such as 'AutoSpaceLikeWord95' and others will be 'extracted from the main specification and relocated to an independent annex in DIS 29500 for deprecated functionality.'"

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Re:Now the waiting game...

[ClosedSource]

Sure, because nobody cares about subtle trolling.

Seriously, the Slashdot moderation feature is there so that a "vocal" minority can hide or boost a comment because they dislike or agree with it respectively. It's a great service for those who prefer other people to do their thinking for them.

Re:*BSD's Final Christmas

[calebt3]

Netcraft confirms it.

Re:boomers

[i.of.the.storm]

Just being pedantic, but it's a 9 trillion dollar debt not deficit, a deficit is government spending less government revenue for a given year.

Re:boomers

[andy_t_roo]

actually, the deficit is only a few hundred billion per year, about 9 trillion is indeed the debt.

Re:boomers

[wellingj]

Well as long at it stays in dollars as they are instead of follow the inflation problems that the boomers also made...

By my calculations 9 trillion will be the minimum hourly wage in 2020...