Office 2007 Fails OOXML Test With 122,000 Errors

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?"

Comments

haha

[apodyopsis]

"What Microsoft really wanted was that ISO stamp of approval to use as a marketing tool. And just like your mother told you, when they get what they want and have their way with you, they're probably not gonna call you in the morning."

hahaha. Tim Bray has a nice way with words.

nobody in the know is in the least surprised by this, I can just see those jizz swizzling bollock juggling idiots at the ISO now on the phone to MS "..but you promised you'd fix it!".."we put our credibility on the line..".. No sympathy, I'm still irate about the whole thing.

seriously though, this is Pyrrhic victory for MS - "the firm that cannot even meet their own standard".

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