On standards and quality
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| What would it possibly mean for something to be a “one star standard” versus
| something that is a “five star standard”?
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http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=1799
Another update on ODF vs. OOXML file counts
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| I guess a dedicated Microsoftie could spin this in a positive way (rah! rah!
| 100% growth in DOCX format in three months), but it is getting harder.
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http://www.geniisoft.com/showcase.nsf/archive/20070813-1201
Info for AU folks wishing to comment on OOXML to Standards Australia
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070815125524759
Related:
The ODF vs. OOXML numbers. Hint, OOXML is doing poorly.
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| Ben Langhinrichs’ has some interesting stats via Google on the relative
| number of ODF vs. OOXML documents on the web. His numbers show that there are
| 162,700 ODF documents vs. 1993 OOXML documents, and 26% of the OOXML
| documents are on microsoft.com.
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http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=1794
OSIA takes issue with OOXML, lobbies Standards Australia
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| Opposition to the endorsement of the program comes on top of the suspected
| stacking by Microsoft of a variety of standards bodies in order to get OOXML
| approved as the ISO standard. "This was not part of OSIA's submission and is
| not anything OSIA has direct knowledge of", said Scott. "However, there are a
| number of people who assert that Microsoft is doing as you suggest", he said.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=562760212&rid=-50
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