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by wesnerm2
2806 days ago
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The HTML document alternative was a massive technical hack. It was flawed mandate from executives in order to maintain relevance in web-based world. Embedded XML and custom styles were used to implemented the format. Also, the IE team worked closely with Office to support richer text formatting. HTML was not enough. Even then, the format still could not support all the features in the product--features like versioning, simultaneous editing, ole embedding, programmability, etc. |
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