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Word to XML, Then and Now

I was lucky that last month’s XML Philly meeting didn’t trigger my post-traumatic stress syndrome. Quark’s presentation on their XML Author product took me back to the front lines, having done something similar with Word and SGML over a dozen years ago.  Quark says it always produces valid XML for any schema.  I can testify [...]

Posted 06 April 2009 † john.kominetz § Articles ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

When Free Equals Evil

There’s a dark side to the Wired article I mentioned earlier [Microsoft Giving Away Developer Software]. Most people like free things, but when is free (as in beer) a bad thing? When somebody’s trying to get you drunk and take advantage of you. Wired touches on how Microsoft is using the free bundle in [...]

Posted 22 February 2008 † john.kominetz § Articles ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,