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There are many other warts in the Microsoft covenant not to sue. E.g., the covenant applies only to Ecma Office Open XML; it does not apply to any future version, including a version that might be approved by ISO or a variant that might be actually implemented by Microsoft in MS Office. So Microsoft makes no guarantee that it will not move the goal posts at any time.
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Whoa! This has already happened. In his blog titled, "The Formats of Excel 2007", XML expert Rob Weir demonstrates for us that MSOffice 2007 Excel has a new file format. Rob demonstrates that there are four file format choices in Excel; EOOXML, Legacy XLS binary, and two new binary extensions of EOOXML: "Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook" - xlsxm, and "Excel Binary Workbook" - xlsb.
The new binaries are proprietary extensions to EOOXML. xlsb in particular looks to be something known as a XML Binary InfoSet.. XBiS is a compressed form of an XML file used in situations where bandwidth and device cpu constraints demand such an extreme. We can't be sure about xlsb, but it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and thherefore....
This must be some kind of record. EOOXML isn't yet 30 days old and Micrsoft has eXtended it with a proprietary binary representation not available to the rest of the world. And XBiS was designed so that implementations would be open and application and platform independent. But that's not what we see with Microsoft's xlsb.
What Marbux is pointing out here is that only Micrsoft has the legal rights to do this proprietary eXtension of EOOXML. Beat the drums. Sound the alarms. Hide the women and children. Nothing has changed. The longboats are fancier, there are more of them. The swords of the pillagers remain just as sharp. Their determination and drive just as strong.
Some quick backgroud references: Compression, XML</b - ...2 more comments...
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Whoa! This has already happened. In his blog titled, "The Formats of Excel 2007", XML expert Rob Weir demonstrates for us that MSOffice 2007 Excel has a new file format. Rob demonstrates that there are four file format choices in Excel; EOOXML, Legacy XLS binary, and two new binary extensions of EOOXML: "Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook" - xlsxm, and "Excel Binary Workbook" - xlsb.
The new binaries are proprietary extensions to EOOXML. xlsb in particular looks to be something known as a XML Binary InfoSet.. XBiS is a compressed form of an XML file used in situations where bandwidth and device cpu constraints demand such an extreme. We can't be sure about xlsb, but it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and thherefore....
This must be some kind of record. EOOXML isn't yet 30 days old and Micrsoft has eXtended it with a proprietary binary representation not available to the rest of the world. And XBiS was designed so that implementations would be open and application and platform independent. But that's not what we see with Microsoft's xlsb.
What Marbux is pointing out here is that only Micrsoft has the legal rights to do this proprietary eXtension of EOOXML. Beat the drums. Sound the alarms. Hide the women and children. Nothing has changed. The longboats are fancier, there are more of them. The swords of the pillagers remain just as sharp. Their determination and drive just as strong.
Some quick backgroud references: Compression, XML</b -
There are many other warts in the Microsoft covenant not to sue. E.g., the covenant applies only toEcmaOffice Open XML; it does not apply to any future version, including a version that might be approved by ISO or a variant that might be actually imple
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There are many other warts in the Microsoft covenant not to sue. E.g., the covenant applies only toEcmaOffice Open XML; it does not apply to any future version, including a version that might be approved by ISO or a variant that might be actually imple
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There are many other warts in the Microsoft covenant not to sue. E.g., the covenant applies only toEcmaOffice Open XML; it does not apply to any future version, including a version that might be approved by ISO or a variant that might be actually imple