[ILUG] Star Office

[Lee Hosty]

Niall Walsh wrote:
>
> There's nothing to suggest the XML format/dtd will actually be 
> meaningful as all MS cares about is that their programs can re-interpret 
> them.  Also don't forget MS love of DRM so you can possibly expect that 
> all files will be encrypted, possibly so they are only readable by the 
> correct MS programs (sales pitch "ensures your files cannot be corrupted 
> by malicious programs so no virus could change random digits in your 
> spreadsheets").  This could lead to the above "file" becoming:
> 
> <827636 
> 72653="748392652932897562702983776567657892983267367475632800984758628654672508268769898647697853872891"> 

Typical of Microsoft, invalid XML.