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There's always a but isn't there? Correct me if I'm wrong but from what I've observed Microsoft isn't really going to follow what the folk on the ISO committee are going to do to both fix and develop OXML.It is all just a deja vu thing for me harking back to the silliness of IE/Frontpage (and Netscape) extensions to web standards that just screwed web developers majorly.

Can you report on how much Microsoft is going to get into lock-step with ISO on making OXML work, and actually using it?
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Yes, but...  zkiwi | 04/18/08
No, but I think the incentives are there.  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 04/18/08
Well...  zkiwi | 04/18/08
You have that backwards  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/18/08
MSO2K7 does not implement IS-29500  lordshipmayhem | 04/18/08
Please distinguish  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/18/08
Microsoft's interest in compatibility  lordshipmayhem | 04/18/08
And shame on any ideology  fr0thy2 | 04/18/08
Pardon me  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/18/08
I'd say desperately trying to squish global co-operation  fr0thy2 | 04/19/08
Re: No, but I think the incentives are there.  none none | 04/18/08
Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance test  deaf_e_kate | 04/21/08
How does this change anything?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/18/08
I doubt that  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 04/18/08
How, you ask?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/18/08
lingua franca  Anton Philidor | 04/18/08
Who's boss  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 04/18/08
As if we don't know  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/18/08
"... a truly open format."?  Anton Philidor | 04/18/08
Historical revisionism  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/18/08
OXML != Open  SpikeyMike | 04/18/08
Are you living in the same world?  deaf_e_kate | 04/20/08
"the recent addition of ISO" ...  fr0thy2 | 04/18/08
MS has little choice but to follow the standard.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/18/08
Managing aggravations.  Anton Philidor | 04/18/08
Tautology  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/18/08
why?  deaf_e_kate | 04/20/08
Motives  Anton Philidor | 04/18/08
Yes, But...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 04/18/08
Lessons Learned  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/18/08
Not really  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 04/18/08
It's good to be king!  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/18/08
Nice paragraph there ...  fr0thy2 | 04/18/08
Cross-device.  Anton Philidor | 04/18/08
"now that this stuff is properly documented and standardized."  fr0thy2 | 04/18/08
RE: OXML as Microsoft's swivel point  DannyO_0x98 | 04/18/08
ADOBE is not much of anything today; plagued with problems to stay flexable  rtirman37@... | 04/18/08
About your rose-tinted glasses  deaf_e_kate | 04/20/08
John, What are the best converters for OXML to ODF?  LazLong | 04/20/08
Lazlong, Robz here; micro PDOXUSRS (beta) is being given for Adobe8, fast!"  rtirman37@... | 04/20/08
Thanxs...Yet still unclear...  LazLong | 04/21/08

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