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Subject:Re: Word in 2010 From:"Kevin Amery" <kevindamery -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Tue, 8 May 2007 08:48:36 -0400
On 5/7/07, Wilhelm, Joel <jwilhelm -at- athenati -dot- com> wrote:
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> Looking at the array of authoring tools that are out there for re-using
> content, I wondered if Microsoft won't get in on the action at some
> point. Has anyone thought about or heard about if M-soft will someday
> build single-sourcing into Word? Content chunks, DITA capability, etc?
> I'm wondering if it makes sense for smaller companies to wait a few
> years and just see if M-soft will build a tool rather than shelling out
> tons now for some small vendor tool.
>
> Joel
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If they do, do you trust M$ to get it right?
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Until next time...
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