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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 04-01-2010 09:45, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article<7qe7k1F3ukpruU3 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>> In article<00A96FDF.8A41CBA5 at sendspamhere.org>,
>> 	VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
>>> 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.
>>
>> The new format is .docx, which is xml.  I am always amazed at how
>> many people who always bitched about MS proprietary formats bitch
>> just as lound about their use of XML.
>
> Who's bitching?  JF remarked about .DOCX.  Arne said it was ZIPped XML.
> That presented bit of confusion.  Is this .DOCX a ZIPped .DOC with XML
> or a complete new format wherein .DOCX is ZIPped XML.

A .DOCX is a zip file containing a bunch of .XML files - nothing in
the format is reusing .DOC format, but MS did carry all the
functionality over though.

Arne