Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 6th Jul 2006 10:41 UTC
Microsoft is giving in to the unrelenting pressure to be more open, particularly with regard to its Office Open XML file format and interoperability with the Open Document Format alternative. The company will announce July 6 that it has set up an open-source project to create a series of tools that allow translation between the OpenXML format and the ODF format, and which will be developed with partners. The Open XML Translator project, as it is known, will be posted on SourceForge, the open-source software development Web site. 
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Has anyone ever looked at what MS considers to be 'good' XML?
It makes one want to shoot one's self in the face.
I haven't seen the latest openXML from the inside - but I shudder when I remember what steaming pile Office laid when I tried 'Save As... XML'. Ughh..
It was like XML got molested.
On the other hand, I can almost admire their ability to take something so good and well-intentioned as XML and bastardize it into their own demonic spawn... almost.