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  • From: "Austin, Roger" <rda AT rti.org>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Microsoft dropping smart tags
  • Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 08:34:59 -0400


It looks to me as if it will be part of the software where they have
control of the content, i.e., Word, Excel, etc., but it isn't ready to
parse any web content and serve up tags in IE. There would be a

significant technical challenge parsing content out of your control.
I wonder is this will be another annoying paper clip... Roger (in RTP)

Thomas Beckett wrote:
> "Cullinan also emphasized that Smart Tags remain a feature of Office XP,
> the upgrade to Microsoft¹s suite of applications that launched on May
> 31."
>
> So which is it? The code isn't ready (although it's already in use
> in
> Office XP) or they're backing down because of public pressure? Betcha a
> quarter the code'll be there and they'll trot it out in a year or so
> with the first "upgrade" or service pack.




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