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On Wednesday 02 April 2008 21:06, tom wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I found a link to this article from The Register comments... > > > > http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/microsofts-great-besmirching > > > > It's an interesting article about how the ISO look like they're going to > > possibly approve Microsoft's OOXML 'standard' as an ISO standard. Tell > > you what, if it goes through I'll have no faith in the ISO anymore. > > > > It suggests that we contact our MEP's, surely it can't hurt to try. > > > > Rob > > Unfortunately the battle lines where drawn on the basis of pro / anti > microsoft lobby, not on technical specification. To be fair to Microsoft > they have put together a standard and they have gone through a (legal) > process of pushing it through ISO. > > I cant say if any "incentives" have been offered to win hearts and > minds, but if the ISO had been impartial it would have mentioned to > microsoft that there was already and approved standard (ODF) and that > perhaps they (Microsoft) could stop wasting everybody's time and > implemented that in their Office Suite. > > Unfortunately OOXML while having open elements will also incorporate > Microsoft FUD control mechanisms in its usual Borgish fashion. Adopt, > Adapt, Agitate and Aggravate the standards bodies. Its being sold > heavily in the .net mags as the next best thing despite having had this > sort of technology in OpenOffice for well over 12 months. ratified 2/5/06 > > Perhaps we should individually write to the ISO and ask them what is the > point of having two practically identical standards where one (already > ratified) standard would do ! But they are not identical standard! ODF can be used to recreate any ODF document exactly OOXML cannot recreate any OOXML document!! > > What is the Business case for duplicate interpreters, parsers and > utilities need to handle the dual standards .... when one set is already > free at source and proven in the market place ! For ISO people quite a good backhander or three! Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html