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Office 2007 Fails OOXML Test With 122,000 Errors

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the money-greases-the-wheels dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Groklaw is reporting that some people have decided to compare the OOXML schema to actual Microsoft Office 2007 documents. It won't surprise you to know that Office 2007 failed miserably. If you go by the strict OOXML schema, you get a 17 MiB file containing approximately 122,000 errors, and 'somewhat less' with the transitional OOXML schema. Most of the problems reportedly relate to the serialization/deserialization code. How many other fast-tracked ISO standards have no conforming implementations?"

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  1. quickly, bash microsoft! by timmarhy · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Because we choose to ignore the fact nothing passes acid3 on the web, including our beloved firefox.

    the truth is almost no software passes standards tests, but hey don't let facts get in your way....

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