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Did you even read the article?
Or did you just assume what its content was based on the fact that the author dares to write GPL software?

Much though I prefer the OpenOffice Open Document Format (ODF) for documents, the Microsoft OfficeOpen XML (OO-XML) format is also a documented format (although without any other implementations as yet) so it shouldn't cause problems for long term storage.
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All of this Babble as an excuse to rant  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/02/07
Did you even read the article?  Michael Kelly | 07/02/07
Read until I fell asleep  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/02/07
It was very good reading, and points out a lot of the problems of  DonnieBoy | 07/02/07
A fancifull read, nothing more  John Zern | 07/02/07
Back up, back up, back up  LordLiverpool | 07/03/07
I agree 100% !  John Zern | 07/03/07
Best Practice; Move to New Media Types Regularly  dumptux | 07/03/07
Formats Should Worry You  mejohnsn | 07/04/07
The Issue Is Documented Open Standards  dumptux | 07/03/07
Not Really.  osreinstall | 07/03/07
Yes, Really  mejohnsn | 07/04/07
Never had a proprietary format problem.  osreinstall | 07/04/07
Microsoft Office is Only The Start  dumptux | 07/03/07
Standards can limit the immediate future  Patanjali | 07/03/07
Job getting you down ?  JeremyAllison | 07/03/07
How do you know?  Ole Man | 07/08/07
Histroy will always be the story told by  jacarter3 | 07/02/07
You've Never Studied "Lower Criticism", Have You?  dumptux | 07/03/07
Message has been deleted.  tracy anne | 07/04/07
Off Topic AND Off Kilter  mejohnsn | 07/04/07
Lower and Lowest;)  mejohnsn | 07/04/07
Did you learn your History from Cartoons?  mejohnsn | 07/04/07
Well, we will certainly have more archived from the current generation than  DonnieBoy | 07/02/07
Emulators and abandonware  scott1329 | 07/03/07
Borland Museum  tct | 07/03/07
Good article  Ivystung | 07/03/07
Not Necessarily So  mejohnsn | 07/04/07
They buried another...  Narg | 07/03/07
Birth, Marriage & Death Records (UK)  john.foggitt@... | 07/03/07
Which Reminds Me:  mejohnsn | 07/04/07
Cemetery 2.0  zmelkin | 07/03/07
Has a man ever been on the moon?  Mantvis | 07/09/07

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