Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 15:10:17 +0100 (MEZ) From: Rainer M Duffner <Rainer.Duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de> To: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi & word documents Message-ID: <Marcel-1.46-1218141017-313Zsav@duffner.surf24.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9812170043470.991-100000@gealach.myst.no>
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On Thu 17 Dec, Haavard Vaagstoel wrote: > On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Random Liegh wrote: > > > I completely agree; my point is only that w/ the variance in word > > versions, and the frequency that it changes, you'll end up sooner or later > > with a document that a converter hasn't been written for. Then the vi tips > > will probably put you in good stead. :) > > I believe I have seen on MS' web pages that they plan that future versions > of Office will use HTML as the main file format, but surely this must be > wrong? Because if it was true, MS may be digging their own grave... :) It's not HTML - it's XML. 'X' means eXtensible - and extending is what Microsoft is very good at (in comparison to "implementing") XML is not so easy to learn, as HTML3.2 was. Unfortunately. cheers, Rainer -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |Rainer Duffner, E-Mail: duffner@fh-konstanz.de | | & Rainer.Duffner@surf24.de | |Fachhochschule Konstanz, Germany | |"What's a Network ?" - Bill Gates, early 1980s | | Achtung: rainer.duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de | |(die alte E-Mail Adresse) verfällt zum 31.12.98 | | WWW:http://www-stud.fh-konstanz.de/~duffner | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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