Global Graphics' Martin Bailey Chairs New Ecma Committee Formed To Standardize
XPS
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| Global Graphics’ chief technology officer Martin Bailey has been appointed
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| by standards development body Ecma International to chair a new
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| technical committee that will work on producing a formal industry
| standard for the XML Paper Specification (XPS), the new print and
| document format introduced by Microsoft with Windows Vista....
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| Global Graphics has played a prominent role in the development and
| launch of the XPS specification from the very start. A recognized
| expert in interpreting, rendering and converting PDLs, Global Graphics’
| leading edge expertise and engineering capability were factors in the
| Company being chosen by Microsoft in 2003 to provide consultation
| services on the XPS specification as well as develop a prototype and
| a print reference XPS RIP for Microsoft.
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http://members.whattheythink.com/news/newslink.cfm?id=27838
Once again, Microsoft's friends are in the committee which handles the validity
of their /own/ standards. The whole ECMA thing is just a production line.
My Comments to the Mass. ITD on OOXML - Please Send Yours
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| Preparing such comments is time consuming, but it is also important. I took
| several hours to do so yesterday, and have just sent them to the ITD just
| now. You can to, and I hope that you will. The ITD's comment address is
| standards@xxxxxxxxxxx, and the deadline is next Friday. If you're a believer
| in open standards, please don't let that deadline pass without making your
| thoughts known.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070709085538784
Related:
Packing The Court At The ISO?
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| ...P member countries ('participating member' countries) sending
| representatives, and I am interested to note the majority of
| their representatives are, as individuals, also Microsoft employees.
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| [...]
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| How can they not see that OOXML (ECMA 376) is unwanted by anyone outside of
| Microsoft? How about it Brian Jones? Are you really so desperate that you
| have to resort to that?
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http://lnxwalt.wordpress.com/2007/03/23/packing-the-court-at-the-iso/
Q&A: Former Mass. CIO feels 'bittersweet pride' after battles with Microsoft,
legislature
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| As CIO of Massachusetts from February to November last year, Louis
| Gutierrez had to endure most of the brunt of Microsoft Corp.'s political
| wrath over a state policy calling for the adoption of the Open Document
| Format for Office Applications, or ODF -- a rival to the software vendor's
| Office Open XML file format.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9012760&source=rss_news50
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| Quinn: Almost to a person, to anybody involved or who knows about
| the ODF issue, they attributed the story to Microsoft, right, wrong
| or otherwise. Senator Pacheco may be a bully but I do not believe he
| is disingenious and would stoop to such a tactic. Senator Pacheco and
| Secretary Galvin's office remain very heavily influenced by the
| Microsoft money and its lobbyist machine, as witnessed by their
| playbook and words, in my opinion.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060119232859729
MA Governor-Elect Names MS Anti-ODF Lobbyist to Technology Advisory Group
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20061128161343183
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/04/16/2019244
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