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Dear Reader,

Welcome to another issue of XML.com.

Scott Raymond, author of "Ajax on Rails," covers the release of
Prototype 1.5, one of the fundamental JavaScript libraries for doing
Ajax.

What's New in Prototype 1.5?
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2007/01/24/whats-new-in-prototype-15.html

Also worth reading this week:

The controversy, which was reported on CNN, over Microsoft
allegedly offering to pay a weblogger to edit the Wikipedia article
about its Office XML (OOXML) format has an XML.com and O'Reilly
connection--Rick Jelliffe, the blogger in question, is an active
XML.com blogger and a respected voice in the XML world.

Read Rick's take on the controversy here:

An interesting offer: get paid to contribute to Wikipedia
http://www.oreillynet.com/xml/blog/2007/01/an_interesting_offer.html

ODF and Jesus; Blood and Diamonds
http://www.oreillynet.com/xml/blog/2007/01/odf_and_jesus_blood_and_diamon.html

As always, thanks for reading.

Kendall Clark
kendall@xml.com
Managing Editor, XML.com

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