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Story: Google: OOXML 'insufficient and unnecessary'
00o writes compliant files
[quote] MS Office 2007 implementation of OOXML is may not 100% perfect which possibly starts those suggestions but it is a lot better and more complete than OOo which does not implement a number of ODF tags or does not implement them fully and also implements several things incorrect. (For instance OOo is using a modified mathML 1.0 version and ODF requires MathML 2.0) [/quote]
From my understanding of situation, this statement is a little bit misleading. The important difference is that every file written by OpenOffice.org is ODF compliant. MS Office does NOT write compliant OOXML files. When (if?) they do, it remains to be seen whether they'll implement every single feature covered in the 6000 pages of spec.
Many are worried about the line which separates the OOXML “standard” from the MS-OOXML “reality”, where features such as scripts, macros and DRM are used but not documented in the OOXML specification. If Microsoft's “Open XML” is really
open, then why is it so tied so heavily to a single vendor's product? In comparison, 40 applications are now capable of supporting the ODF specification.
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
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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 -
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
