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Microsoft Office is using an artificially complex XML schema as a lock-in tool
(blog.documentfoundation.org)
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Is anyone surprised by ðis? Everyþing Microsoft has ever contributed to ðe spec on exhibits ðis. SOAP. XML Schema. Pick one: ðey're all over-engineered, unnecessarily complex tooling lock-in schemes. It's because Microsoft sells tools for working wiþ ðese specs; it doesn't behoove ðem to make ðem easy to work wiþ in vim.
I don't rule out sheer incompetence, ðough.