http://news.com.com/Microsoft+adding+XML+files+to+Office+12/2100-7344_3-5728...
"Microsoft said Thursday that it will introduce new XML-based file formats for its Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications when the company launches its Office 12 software package next year.
Company officials said the move to replace Microsoft's traditional binary file formats with XML-based versions as the default in Office 12 will let people more easily share information.
Microsoft pledged that the shift to XML, or Extensible Markup Language, will decrease the size of many individual files and make documents created in its Office products more resistant to corruption. "
How touching of them to discover their hereditary diseases and go public. Or is it that OASIS compatibility is already squeezing the family jewels. Wonder what new debilating side effects their medicine will produce.
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