Powerpoint Bloat

[Evan Leibovitch]

Marc Lijour wrote:

>Because it is xml it is easy to transform to another format.
>

Having a file in XML _enables_ it to be easily converted but doesn't 
guarantee that it can be.
MS has for some time claimed to use XML file formats, however
- they claim IP rights on the DTD
- often the XML is simply used as a wrapper around untranslatable bags 
of binary

It's important to note that the OOo file formats are not only in XML, 
but in complete, well-documented XML with no IP claims against the DTD.

Having said that, I'm told that there are some instances (notably 
spreadsheets) where MS file formats _can_ be more efficient than ODT.

- Evan


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