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Story: ISO calls for end to OOXML 'personal attacks'
If they weren't thugs, we wouldn't hate them
As for being recognized by 90% of the word processors... what does that mean? It will be recognized by Word, which covers 90% of the market, because of Microsoft's previous thuggish behavior. Does that make it a good thing? Does that mean we should all jump on the bandwagon, and praise Microsoft for pounding yet another "proprietary standard" down our throats?
What is really happening here is that Microsoft was getting eliminated from more and more organizations which insisted on open standards. So Microsoft decided to buy themselves a standard, which they have now done. Too bad for all of us.
J.A. Watson
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Story: ISO calls for end to OOXML 'personal attacks'
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If they weren't thugs, we wouldn't hate them J.A. Watson -
Well said LadyRoot David Long -
Lady Root, I sincerely hope you're just troll... Chris Rankin
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Real Standards Tezzer
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ISO lost all credibility samie91
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You missed the real story with the meeting in Oslo Marbux
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If there's such strong disagreement, OOXML shouldn... SPM
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ISO process has been gamed, why back off? rkhalloran
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If there was ever a place for non-violent protest.... ijames
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Personal attacks? ego.sum.stig
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Personal Attacks? Moley
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Oh, hating Microsoft is so cool... LadyRoot
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O(O)XML and .docx Moley
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Microsoft has right to dictate standards... LadyRoot -
Apple and Google are "tech darlings" for... ijames
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OOXML personal attacks. ator1940
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Eyes have been opened David Long
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CoolAid required dogStar
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Mostly right, with critical excepti... J.A. Watson
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But OOXML is a non-standard SPM
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Microsoft should not dictate standa... rkhalloran
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Talk about missing the point so com... ego.sum.stig
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ODF is not a standard LadyRoot
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The ISO would disagree dogStar
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ODF is ISO/IEC 26300:2006 Chris Rankin
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de-facto vs. de-jure rkhalloran
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(Full ISO link provided here.) Chris Rankin
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Yes! Microsoft must be stoppe... ijames
