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MICROSOFT drops support for OOXML!

polishlinux.org — "MICROSOFT has announced their surprise decision, that they cease to support OOXML document format (Office Open XML), acknowledging at the same time, that the ANSI-developed & supported TXT format will be a better, universal, solution." Yes this getting somewhere.

Who dugg this? Made popular Dec 5, 2007

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  • Vinvin, on 12/05/2007, -2/+17Oh, and in case it takes you as long as it took me: MICROSOFT is uses as an acronym for "Multi-trade International Corporation for Research of Office Software Open Format Techniques".
  • sqrt7744, on 12/05/2007, -1/+8...and in another surprise move, BALLMER has sponsored a Linux ad campaign with dancing monkeys!!!! (Business Association of Lady's Lewd Massage and Erotic Rodeos)
  • cesclaveria, on 12/05/2007, -0/+7yes but here it is talking about MICROSOFT, not Microsoft... I know it sounds weird, but read TFA again.
  • NoNamesLeft, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5April's fools comes earlier every year.
  • michuk, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5Conspiracy! [this must be it]
  • bittie, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5How does this make the front page with 30 diggs in 7 hours and the story about the shooting in the mall in Omaha has 30 diggs in less than 2 hours, yet it's not front paged?
  • ajlobato, on 12/05/2007, -0/+5Indeed, I feel like an idiot. This is satire. Digg me down. :P
  • michuk, on 12/05/2007, -0/+4The guy probably uses Windows so he's not aware that things ARE case-sensitive in the outside world.
  • schestowitz, on 12/05/2007, -3/+6/sarcasm

    FTA: "The decision of backing up TXT format by MICROSOFT means, that the OOXML format name will have to be changed and its development & research will be passed on to another company or organization."

    I'm sure they'll exte^H^H^Hend it sooner or later==20
    There need to be extensions for paperclip animations. ;-)
  • baalzebub, on 12/05/2007, -3/+6wow, now windows users can say they have a word processor when they refer to Notepad :p
  • michuk, on 12/05/2007, -0/+3What, dropping support for OOXML? Posting on Dugg? Writing made-up stories and getting dugg? Breathing?
    It probably is... in the US.
  • cesclaveria, on 12/05/2007, -0/+2I've never heard about "Multi-trade International Corporation for Research of Office Software Open Format Techniques", how many zealots does it have?
  • mCanada, on 12/05/2007, -0/+2Multi-trade International Corporation for Research of Office Software Open Format Technologies (MICROSOFT) has announced their surprise decision, that they cease to support OOXML document format (Office Open XML), acknowledging at the same time, that the ANSI-developed & supported TXT format will be a better, universal, solution.....
  • twrife, on 12/06/2007, -0/+2ur doin it rong
  • Vinvin, on 12/09/2007, -0/+1Yeah, Digg should have a Parody section :P (It doesn't, does it?)
  • FredFredrickson, on 12/05/2007, -1/+2Yes this getting somewhere.
  • zumpiez, on 12/05/2007, -1/+1Cute.
  • ludwik, on 12/05/2007, -1/+1The article is a great joke, based on a wave of ridiculous reports about unknown "OpenDocument Foundation" dropping the ODF support, but I don't think posting it on digg as a real news was such a good idea...
  • inactive, on 12/05/2007, -3/+1Let's see how the anti-MS zealots spin this one.
  • inactive, on 12/05/2007, -3/+1Isn't this illegal?
  • ajlobato, on 12/05/2007, -8/+5Buried, this is 100% inaccurate. The ODF has decided to abandon it, not Microsoft. Microsoft recently replied to almost all of the complaints about the OOXML format.

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