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Few of OOXML's Flaws Have Been Addressed

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "IBM's Rob Weir has done a study on how many flaws were addressed by the OOXML Ballot Resolution Meeting. So far, using a random sampling technique, he has yet to find a flaw that was addressed, making the upper bound a paltry 1.5%. Even so, he's found a number of new flaws, including a security vulnerability: OOXML stores passwords in database connection strings in plain text. At least there were no mistakes on five of the first twenty five random pages he reviewed."

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  1. Re:Whatever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ballmer is that you?

  2. Re:Whatever by el+cisne · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Does the poster have a chair?"

    Not any more.....