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Re:Ask HN: Why did Microsoft not use HTML instead of .doc as... by bluecat22 on Friday October 05, 2018 @07:53PM (#18152661)
Is it technically superior/inferior to HTML as a document format for a word processor?
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Re:Ask HN: Why did Microsoft not use HTML instead of .doc as... by savethefuture on Friday October 05, 2018 @07:59PM (#18152687)
As long as you know how to access the data you store, it is mostly irrelevant what format it is in. Bytes are bytes, but less bytes means smaller files.
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