Debate Over Office XML Spurs History Lesson
Although this version of events hs yet to be officially sanctioned by the Wikipedia crowd, a program manager in Microsoft's Office group has attempted to create an official timeline showing the development of Office XML.
The timeline from Brian Jones makes a well timely appearance in the wake of a controversy erupting after Microsoft reportedly made some offers to pay people to change the Wikipedia entries as it relates to the debate between Office XML and the OpenDocument format being pushed heavily by the likes of IBM.
This may not seem like a big thing in the grand scheme of things, but we all know that it's the victors that get to write the history books and for now it would seem that Microsoft is determined to hold on to that privelige until somebody can prove otherwise. -- Michael Vizard
