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

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In article <obydncht8rSnK93WnZ2dnUVZ_qudnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>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.
>> 
>
>You can use any extension you like and it has little or nothing to to 
>with the file contents.  Programs will make assumptions about format and 
>content based on the extension but don't let that limit your creativity!

Well, VMS doesn't and that brings this back to being a VMS thread.

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