Comments on: Tim Bray marks 10 years of XML, weighs into Microsoft http://www.itwriting.com/blog/505-tim-bray-marks-10-years-of-xml-weighs-into-microsoft.html Tech writing blog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:06:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: tim http://www.itwriting.com/blog/505-tim-bray-marks-10-years-of-xml-weighs-into-microsoft.html/comment-page-1#comment-69842 tim Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:46:45 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=505#comment-69842 I don't personally think VBA support is an issue. I'm not convinced it belongs in OOXML. Tim I don’t personally think VBA support is an issue. I’m not convinced it belongs in OOXML.

Tim

]]> By: Stephane Rodriguez http://www.itwriting.com/blog/505-tim-bray-marks-10-years-of-xml-weighs-into-microsoft.html/comment-page-1#comment-69820 Stephane Rodriguez Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:04:29 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=505#comment-69820 The article is about the gap between Office compatibility claims and reality. The lack of 64-bit edition is one of them. The lack of support of VBA in many deployment cases (Mac, Excel server, ...) is another. If you don't find this problematic, I don't know what will. Thanks for trolling, by the way. I would not be surprised you are a Microsoft employee. The article is about the gap between Office compatibility claims and reality.

The lack of 64-bit edition is one of them. The lack of support of VBA in many deployment cases (Mac, Excel server, …) is another.

If you don’t find this problematic, I don’t know what will.

Thanks for trolling, by the way. I would not be surprised you are a Microsoft employee.

]]> By: Shocked http://www.itwriting.com/blog/505-tim-bray-marks-10-years-of-xml-weighs-into-microsoft.html/comment-page-1#comment-67735 Shocked Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:18:45 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=505#comment-67735 I will save other readers some time by summarizing the link posted above. Microsoft does not distribute a 64-bit compiled edition of Office, and this is somehow the end of the world as we know it. I will save other readers some time by summarizing the link posted above.

Microsoft does not distribute a 64-bit compiled edition of Office, and this is somehow the end of the world as we know it.

]]> By: Stephane Rodriguez http://www.itwriting.com/blog/505-tim-bray-marks-10-years-of-xml-weighs-into-microsoft.html/comment-page-1#comment-67676 Stephane Rodriguez Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:33:55 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=505#comment-67676 "Again, a little too extreme for me, but only a little. Interesting to reflect on in the context of, say, the OOXML vs ODF debate." At least in the Internet Explorer 4 days, the Trident team had done a few things right. I'm not sure the same can be said about the Office team. An example is this : http://ooxmlisdefectivebydesign.blogspot.com/2008/02/truth-about-microsoft-office.html “Again, a little too extreme for me, but only a little. Interesting to reflect on in the context of, say, the OOXML vs ODF debate.”

At least in the Internet Explorer 4 days, the Trident team had done a few things right. I’m not sure the same can be said about the Office team. An example is this :
http://ooxmlisdefectivebydesign.blogspot.com/2008/02/truth-about-microsoft-office.html

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