[ale] News bulletin: The temperature seems to be cooling down in Hell!!!

[Jim Popovitch]

One thing that is bad about this format is that it would be pretty easy
to replace images contained within a document.  For instance, if I have
a sales report someone could replace the pie-chart for Feb showing
better/worse figures (who really looks at the raw sales data when there
is a pretty chart nearby).  

So... the XML needs some sort of check-summing of document components.
Wanna bet that it will be determined that this needs to remain a secret
to protect Microsoft customers?

-Jim P.

On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 14:14 -0400, Randal Jarrett (K4RSJ) wrote:
> Microsoft Ends Era Of Closed File Formats	
> 
> 	
> Posted by Zonk on Thursday June 02, @09:41AM
> from the xml-is-my-friend dept.
> RzUpAnmsCwrds writes "According to an MSDN Channel 9 interview with an
> Office file-format developer, the next version of Microsoft Office
> (Office 12) will default to newly-developed XML file formats in Word,
> Excel, and PowerPoint. The new formats will apparently include XML files
> along with other files (images, etc) inside of a Zip file. Microsoft
> will also be providing extensive documentation of the new format to the
> public through MSDN. The developer likewise announced that Microsoft
> would be releasing updates for Office 2000, XP, and 2003 to read and
> write the new formats when the new version of Office is released. If
> this interview is correct, it could mean the beginning of the end of
> Microsoft's proprietary file formats." Coverage at Beta News,
> Information Week, and the Washington Post.
> 
> 
>