[Info-vax] OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <4b40a5e2$0$280$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>> On 02-01-2010 23:22, JF Mezei wrote:
>>> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>
>>>> But but but - did you unzip the container before
>>>> looking at it??
>>> If it was a zipped XML file, why was its extention not ".ZIP" ????
>>>
>>> How the<4 letter word that begins with H and ends with ELL>  is one
>>> supposed to know that some proprietary Microsoft format is a zip archive ?
>>>
>>> And if it was so easy to just unzip it, why was I told I needed a
>>> proprioetary micsrosoft application to convert that format to a .DOC or
>>> XML format readable by some other application ?
>> A .docx file is a zip file containing XML files.
>>
>> If you rename it to .zip and look into it then you will
>> see a bunch of xml files. I believe document.xml is the
>> one you will want.
>>
>> The extension is not .zip because then double clicking on it
>> would open a zip utility/filebrowser instead of the intended
>> Word.
>>
>> It is not a proprietary format but standardized format. Only
>> around 10000 pages of specification.  :-)
>>
>> To read it then I would also have suggested an office
>> application. It is not that easy to read that XML. MS Office
>> is obvious, but I believe that OpenOffice should be able
>> to read it as well.
> 
> You're saying that a .DOC is XML?  I thought it was proprietary M$ W(ei)RD.
> 

Why are you asking if Arne said something he abviously didn't say ??