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Story: ISO calls for end to OOXML 'personal attacks'
Lady Root, I sincerely hope you're just trolling.
A brief list of the problems with OOXML is given here:
http://www.noooxml.org/argu-brief
So no, it is not a "good format" by any means. The fact that Microsoft is now able to steamroller it out as a new defacto standard anyway is deeply troubling. And Microsoft needed only to destroy the credibility of the ISO to do it.
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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
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Lady Root, I sincerely hope you're just troll... Chris Rankin -
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
