Cut Microsoft a break on XML
MS-Watch | at | by Mike
You can complain about a lot of things Redmond does. But its strategy for adding XML support to Office isn't one of them. With all due respect, Mr. Dvorak, you should stick to spinning tales of your Mac woes. In his PCMag.com column this week, John C. Dvorak takes a whack at Microsoft Office 2003's XML support.
"Now we are seeing news stories that say Microsoft is actually focusing on XML as a semi-proprietary format that will have all the same bugaboos we have with the .DOC format. Something called WordML may replace XML. Here we go again!" opines Dvorak.
Where to start with this sentence? Problem One: Dvorak is basing his comments on a growing number of mostly misinformed reports that Microsoft is pulling back from its XML commitments with the next version of its desktop Office suite due out later this summer.