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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". Dear Mr. 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...
[March 5, 2008, 13:10]
OOXML Approval System Open To Abuse
Leader From India, complaints that "we didn't oppose ODF, so why are you opposing OOXML? Whether or not OOXML is a good candidate for an open standard is beside the point: there is prima facie evidence of voting in bad faith, without proper consideration...
[August 30, 2007, 17:53]
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. ECMA is widely seen as pushing vendor-specific standards, and OOXML is just the lastest and most...
[March 4, 2008, 14:42]
OOXML Expert: ODF Standard Is Broken
News Alex Brown, a document-format expert who is convenor of the process to standardise Office Open XML (OOXML), posted a blog this week reporting the results of tests which he claims reveal that OpenOffice documents do not conform to the International...
[May 2, 2008, 15:47]
OOXML Is Defective
Talkback OOXML is so defective it's scary. Take a look at the simple examples understandable to any IT-literate person (esp.nd example): http://www.codeproject.com/KB/XML/ooxml_is_defective.aspx
[March 10, 2008, 5:41]
OOXML Expert: ODF Flaws Remain
News Alex Brown, a major contributor to the progress of the ODF's Microsoft-backed rival, OOXML, within the international standards process, carried out a "smoke test" last week, which he said showed the OpenOffice open-source application suite does...
[May 6, 2008, 17:18]
OOXML Standard Will Tarnish ISO
Blog Some countries may have changed their votes since the last meeting, and forgotten to mention it, but the consensus amongst OOXML watchers is that Microsoft succeeded. Given all that, why do I think ISO will rubber-stamp the unfinished and...
[March 31, 2008, 9:27]
OOXML Clears ISO Voting
Blog An official announcement is awaited, but it seems certain now that Microsoft's OOXML specification has made its way through the ISO fasttrack process, albeit with many serious concerns over the way in which the voting unfolded.
[March 30, 2008, 11:48]
OOXML Process In Deranged Finale
Blog Catching my breath, I thought it might be worthwhile to recap a bit on the insane flurry of updates coming through about the ISO votes on Microsoft's OOXML spec. Remember, the deadline is the end of tomorrow.
[March 28, 2008, 15:59]
Google: OOXML 'insufficient And Unnecessary'
News The OpenDocument Format (ODF) has already been ratified by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), but Microsoft's alternative, Office Open XML (OOXML), is currently undergoing its second attempt to gain ISO approval.
[February 26, 2008, 10:38]
Google: OOXML Still Insufficient And Unnecessary
Blog Google's response to the passage of Microsoft's OOXML as an ISO standard (pending appeals) is: Along with much of the global technical community, we maintain our belief after technical analysis that OOXML would be an insufficient and unnecessary...
[April 3, 2008, 16:50]
OOXML As Open As ODF?
Talkback But, Microsoft has a history of confusing facts and reality, and will do whatever they need to do to get OOXML passed as a standard. From what I have read, this statement is false. They have a proven track record on illegal tactics.
[January 31, 2008, 12:44]
OOXML Result Will Come Wednesday
Blog Reuters is reporting that the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) will announce the result of the OOXML vote on Wednesday. This is apparently to give them time to let all the national standards bodies, such as our own British...
[March 31, 2008, 20:26]
OOXML Backwards Compatibility Led Microsoft To ODF
News Microsoft's decision to add support to Office 2007 for the OpenDocument Format instead of its own OOXML office file format is due to backwards compatibility issues with OOXML, it has emerged. Microsoft's not supporting OOXML until Office 14 was...
[May 22, 2008, 15:39]
OOXML Clears ISO Voting
Blog Comment bobby_the_poster seems to be suggesting that the ISO approval process was normal, or close to normal, in the OOXML approval process. Bill Gates contacted the president of Mexico and ask to approve ms-ooxml http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?
[March 30, 2008, 16:39]
OOXML Clears ISO Voting
Blog Comment bobby_the_poster seems to be suggesting that the ISO approval process was normal, or close to normal, in the OOXML approval process. Bill Gates contacted the president of Mexico and ask to approve ms-ooxml http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?
[March 30, 2008, 16:52]
OOXML Officially An ISO Standard!
Blog Comment I expect the next vote will be to replace ODF with OOXML so we can truly have a standard.
[April 2, 2008, 0:12]
OOXML Interop Is Abysmal
Talkback Albert, thank you for acknowledging that OOXML interop is application-level rather than being enabled and required by the format specifications. One huge problem with both OOXML and ODF is that neither specifies an interoperability framework.
[February 29, 2008, 18:03]
OOXML Is Open
Talkback [quote]I'm not, as such, against an OOXML standard develeloped, in part, by Microsoft if it meets the needs of the freedom to be used and adopted without cost and license implications by all and sundry and so long as it provides the basis for...
[February 28, 2008, 22:21]
OOXML Is Fully Open
Talkback You suggest ODF is more open than OOXML but in reality they are equally open. Allthough Sun and IBM having had a clear majority of votes in the OASIS TC on ODF for 5 years is mayby less open than MS having only a single vote in Ecma and the IBM/Sun...
[February 27, 2008, 18:11]
