The Contradictory Nature of OOXML (Part III) - Mea Culpa
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| For example: yesterday I noticed that someone had posted a trackback
| to this entry of mine to one of theirs that they titled Andy
| Updegrove's Indian Fancy. That post, at a Microsoft site, and written
| by self-described "Open XML Technical Evangelist" Doug Mahugh (I see
| from this entry that he's also the person who wanted to hire Rick
| Jelliffe to edit the ODF/OOXML entry at Wikipedia) , included the
| following, beginning with an out take from my blog entry...
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| I've now learned that JTC 1 realized its mistake after I posted my
| blog entry, and has now corrected its mistake and circulated a
| new list.
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| That corrected list does not, in fact, show 19 respondents...it
| shows 20. It seems that they forgot Italy the first time around.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=2007020812133683
Related:
Italy adopts OpenDocument as a National Standard
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| Italy has adopted The OpenDocument Format (ISO/IEC 23600) as a
| national standard. The decision was made by UNI, the Italian
| Organization for Standardization, which is responsible, under
| appointment from the Italian Government and the EU, to develop,
| approve and publish technical standards in all economic sectors
| (industry, trade and services) except for electric and
| electro-technical ones.
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http://technocrat.net/d/2007/1/29/13965
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