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Story: Google: OOXML 'insufficient and unnecessary'
Google has invested in competing format
Unlike what the article claims this is still the first time that ISO is dealing with the standardization. There has been an earlier vote in this process but that was more an intermediate vote and those votes are still valid now but can be altered based on improvement that are currently made in the standardization process.
It should be noted that Google has built its Google apps around the competing ODF format which is simpler which has less functionality than the OOXML format. Therefore Google apps cannot compete on functionality to applications using the full posibilities of OOXML.
Especially things like the easy business data integration possibilities in OOXML which are lacking in ODF.
So it is in Googles interest to be against the standardization of a format that they are not supporting themselves.
Also interesting is that the ODF format was srtandardized premature to be faster then OOXML. It is therefor not finished yet. OASIS that maintains ODF suggests that a next version of ODF (1.2) that is more complete could become ISO standard in summer of 2009 at the earliest.
Full Talkback thread
Story: Google: OOXML 'insufficient and unnecessary'
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Very nice Albert lars -
Microsoft double-tongued Anonymous123
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ODF useless for Microsoft needs Albert
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OOXML is fully open Albert
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Sorry, the comment was cut short. Here'... garyedwards
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Reasons for lack of interoperbility in ODF Albert
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ODF, The Big Picture Goldie Simmons
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Breaking the Web garyedwards
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Google has invested in competing format Albert -
Document standards 2000355890
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Questioning Google’s objectiveness harpless
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Microsoft's Argument is Ridiculous Goldie Simmons
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insufficient and unnecessary standard, designed pu... ator1940
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Interoperability and the binary ODF conversion di... garyedwards
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A bit of background... Anonymous123
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Microsoft moves forward with OOXML SDK Karen Friar
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The rest of the text in the previous tal... lars -
Google motivation Albert
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Which OOXML features in particular can't... Chris Rankin
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XML in spirit isn't going to be as effic... Anonymous123
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But does even Microsoft Office use OOXML... Chris Rankin
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Thanks Gary, very informative Goldie Simmons
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Durusau's proposal is preposterous Marbux
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A very Interesting Take Moley
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Features not in ODF Albert
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OOXML performance explained Albert
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Office and OOXML David Meyer
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MS Office 2007 does fully support O... Albert
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ISO Credibility garyedwards
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Thank you for an intelligent r... Anonymous123
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Of course ODF isn't backwards... Chris Rankin
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Then why add "read"... Chris Rankin
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00o writes compliant files Goldie Simmons
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You are contradicting Rupert G... Chris Rankin
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Terse markup for speed -- NOT Marbux
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Tail end of previous comment garyedwards
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Cut to the chase garyedwards
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ODF also has backwards compati... Albert
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MS influencing ODF development... Albert
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No, OOo is not fully complient... Albert
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MS Office 2007 files fully val... Albert
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That's OK, I contradict R... Rupert Goodwins
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Widespread support for OOXML a... Albert
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Actually OOXML is not really t... Albert
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Actually MS Office 2007 compli... Albert
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Actually, you're making all th... Chris Rankin
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It's a question of greate... Chris Rankin
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Questions for the community Goldie Simmons
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Do tell me more, Albert Marbux
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Albert, give me a single examp... Marbux
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Open Standards Moley
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If you plan for incompatiblity... Albert
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Believe is in the prove Albert
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ODF and OOXML are standards in... Marbux
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explaination Albert
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ODF better readable but less g... Albert
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Interoperability Albert
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OOXML is Open Albert
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Then why does the same spreads... Marbux
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Extensions are bugs, not featu... Marbux
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OOXML interop is abysmal Marbux
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Extensions to ODF realistic ? Albert
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Undocumented eXtensions and St... garyedwards
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Not 1,500 extensions Marbux
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You've got to be kidding,... Marbux
