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Subject:XML v. HTML From:"Klopfenstein, Ed (AFS)" <edk -at- ACCU-FAB -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:26:22 -0700
Read an editorial over the weekend about how Microsoft may switch Word 98
from formatted RTF into an HTML/ActiveX base. Adobe is taking an opposite
course and apparently making future versions of FrameMaker more XML
oriented, with XML being much more versatile than HTML for scripting both
online and print documents.
This could have a serious impact for many technical writers, if it's
actually true. Has anyone heard similar rumblings? If so, any plans about
how to deal with this change?
Thanks.
Ed
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Ed Klopfenstein
Senior Technical Writer
Accu-Fab Systems, Inc. http://www.accu-fab.com
edk -at- accu-fab -dot- com
