RTF Vs. OOXML

January 03rd, 2008 | Category: Tech Talk

Rob Weir has an interesting essay comparing the viciousness of RTF and OOXML: “The [document format standard] concerns of 2004 (or 1995 even) are very similar to the concerns of 2007… ‘RTF is defined as whatever Word saves when you ask it to save as RTF.’ that should sound familiar.

OOXML is nothing more than the preferences of Microsoft Office. Whenever Word changes, OOXML will change. And whether you are a user or competitor of Word, you will be the last one to prepare out about these changes. The coding of Office 14 a.k.a. Office 2009 is well underway. Beta releases are expected in

early 2008. But are file format changes needed to accommodate […]

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