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

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <4b40c08e$0$280$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
	Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
> On 03-01-2010 10:48, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> The *nix and Win way is that extension implies content

Hate to ruin your day, but *nix doesn't care what you use for an
extension on anything.  There is absolutely no significance of any
extension at the OS level.

bill

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