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Actually its an IBM Witch Hunt and you should get your facts right!
Talkback At ISO "Fast Track" is the name used to indicate a standard was not home grown, not developed in ISO. Because standards developed in other organizations can also "grow up" and become ISO standards there is a process that enables this - the Fast...
[January 31, 2008, 6:28]
Fun and games with OOXML
Blog When ODF was made an ISO standard, Microsoft had to react quickly as certain governments have procurement policies which prefer ISO standards. Ecma and OASIS are "international standards", but ISO is the international "Gold Standard".
[September 13, 2007, 9:31]
There are more issues than just freedom of choice.
Talkback What /has/ been happening, however, is that Microsoft - desperate to keep their ability to lock consumers into their stack - have been trying to rail road their MOOXML into being /another/ ISO standard alongside ODF.
[February 1, 2008, 0:54]
A standard for every man, woman, and child
Talkback Then, ODF got ISO approval, and it became clear that there would be significant adoption long-term. ODF was a genuine standard proposed to fill a genuine gap. Microsoft then made their own nearly single-party "standard", with proprietary...
[January 31, 2008, 1:01]
Microsoft does not want a standard, they want the word "open".
Talkback The sad thing is that ISO is making such a joke of itself. Microsoft will never stick to any standard as forcing regular uppdates is the way they make money and the way they try to save their monopoly.
[March 28, 2008, 21:44]
OOXML debacle - time to take away ECMA's toys?
Blog Comment To contribute the Ecma Office Open XML Formats standards to ISO/IEC JTC 1 for approval and adoption by ISO and IEC. To Produce a formal Standard for office productivity documents which is fully compatible with the Office Open XML Formats
[March 5, 2008, 13:45]
Microsoft's Argument is Ridiculous
Talkback In addition to this, Microsoft can still support the already existing ISO certified document format, ODF. It's a international document standard, useful for archiving public documents and such, assuring that they will always be freely accessible.
[February 26, 2008, 19:25]
