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- Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (2008) http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/02/19.html 227 comments
- Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (And some workarounds) http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/02/19.html 20 comments
- Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/02/19.html 283 comments programming
- Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (And some workarounds) - Joel on Software http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/02/19.html 125 comments programming
- Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (And some workarounds): A normal programmer would conclude Office’s binary file formats are deliberately obfuscated, the product of a demented Borg mind, created by insanely bad programmers, and impossible to read or create correctly. Wrong! http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/02/19.html 12 comments microsoft