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Ecma's history with Sun...
Blog I don't have good network bandwidth today, so I'll just pass on another link: nearly ten years ago, it seems Sun regarded Ecma as "accommodating" for its standards publishing requirements.http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CGN...
[September 25, 2008, 14:03]
Ecma: So why is our process suddenly broken?
Blog The standard maker Ecma has responded to the harsh criticism it's had from within IBM, among other places. Essentially, people objecting to Ecma's fast track standard process are actually complaining about a particular standard, not the process...
[September 25, 2008, 14:03]
Ecma: So why is our process suddenly broken?
Blog Comment ECMA has said the process was not bought, because it "did not receive a penny". That's a good point. That doesn't mean it wasn't bought - just that the costs went elsewhere.
[September 26, 2008, 8:29]
ECMA approves Microsoft document format
News At the general assembly of Ecma International in Zurich, Switzerland, Microsoft's Office Open XML — a set of specifications detailing the document formats in Microsoft's office — was certified as a standard.
[December 8, 2006, 8:30]
OOXML debacle - time to take away ECMA's toys?
Blog Comment Judge, OOXML is neither a "debacle" nor is the ISO/IEC Fast Track procedure Ecma's "toy". Ecma is a well respected standardization body with a long history. If you want to find out more about it and its present and past standards please visit the...
[March 5, 2008, 13:10]
ECMA move is standard fare from Microsoft
Leader To take its own XML file format down the standards route, via ECMA. In the meantime, the biggest mistake we could make is to think that Microsoft's approach to ECMA will render OpenDocument obsolete. One of the reasons that the Department of...
[November 22, 2005, 12:35]
ECMA ratifies C# as standard
News Microsoft said the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) , an international technology standards organization, has ratified Microsoft's C#, a Java-like programming language, along with a component of its .Net Web services framework...
[December 14, 2001, 9:27]
Actually MS Office 2007 complies with official Ecma standard
Talkback Currently there is only one official open standard version of OOXML and that is the Ecma 376 standard.http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm Soon there might be a new version of ISO OOXML and that is then likely to...
[February 28, 2008, 17:43]
Ecma: So why is our process suddenly broken?
Blog Comment For Ecma to say "there hasn't been anything wrong with this process before" is rather like the farmer whose mule fell over dead in the field, and he then said "strange, he's never done that before".jw 25/9/2008
[September 25, 2008, 17:39]
OOXML debacle - time to take away ECMA's toys?
Blog Comment I am aware of ECMA's history, lake100 - I covered it fairly extensively, 15 years ago, along with other standards bodies. ECMA has indeed produced good work on areas including DVD and tape standards (I'm not sure whehter a standard implemented in...
[March 5, 2008, 15:11]
OOXML debacle - time to take away ECMA's toys?
Blog Comment Can you explain what particularly interests you in that part of the ECMA site? Thanks stor1940
[March 5, 2008, 15:12]
OOXML debacle - time to take away ECMA's toys?
Blog There's one thing that comes across over and over again in the latest responses to the ODF/OOXML document wars, and that is a deep distrust of ECMA. Originally known as the European Computer Manfucturers' Association, ECMA is 46 years old, and has...
[March 7, 2008, 13:03]
ECMA move is standard fare from Microsoft
Talkback Can't trust Microsoft on this one. There are too many variables and too many subtle ways they can pollute their supposed future "open standard" to continue tilting things in their own favor. I'd give it at least 1 - 2 years of implementation (by...
[November 22, 2005, 14:00]
ECMA move is standard fare from Microsoft
Talkback I guess end users have had enough of incompatible formats across versions from MS. The trivial "upgrade" of a version format has happened in most of the Office releases since Word 1 - and end users have had enough or engineered incompatibility
[December 3, 2005, 19:12]
OOXML debacle - time to take away ECMA's toys?
Blog Comment I think ator1940 was suggesting double speak (or other) in the first starred item in paragraph 1, amongst other suggestions left to the imagination. Either way, the objectives of this particular starred item were not achieved and quite possibly...
[April 1, 2008, 13:29]
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 assume responsibility for maintaining the Ecma Office Open XML standard To assume responsibility for the evolution of the Ecma...
[March 5, 2008, 13:45]
Microsoft wins latest round in OpenDocument battle
News Standards body Ecma International has created a committee to standardise Microsoft Office document formats, handing the software giant a victory in an intensifying struggle over desktop software. At a general assembly meeting of Ecma in Nice...
[December 13, 2005, 16:15]
Java standards glitch may open door for Microsoft
News Sun Microsystems has until December 1 to inform ECMA whether it wants to continue working with ECMA to standardise Java. ECMA is an international industry association based in Europe and is Sun's current route for making Java an international...
[November 22, 1999, 10:51]
Microsoft's standardisation move divides experts
News Industry observers have expressed concern about Microsoft's decision to submit the file formats for its new Office 12 applications to ECMA International, a European standards body. However, Governor pointed out that it was not clear whether any...
[November 22, 2005, 16:55]
Microsoft throws governments a standardisation bone
News Microsoft intends to submit file formats for its new Office 12 applications to the European standards body ECMA International. Once Microsoft Office Open XML is recognised as an ECMA standard, the group of companies then intends to pursue...
[November 22, 2005, 8:30]
