Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Novell makes ODF-OOXML translator available
>
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> | Novell has released for download an Open XML translator that allows
> | users to open and save Microsoft Office Open XML-formatted
> | word-processing documents in OpenOffice.
> `----
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=298
>
> See the following comment:
>
> Wow, and it's just as bad as the MCAN translator!
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Holy crapula, Brian Jones just committed a Fox News ploy: declare
> | victory in the midst of stunning defeat and rejection, and go home.
> | Nice little rhetorical trick if you can get away with it. But not
> | so fast, Brian. Has anyone else noticed the moratorium on OXML blog
> | posts by Microsoft employees recently? Now you get a flood of silly
> | posts about "choice," "compatibility," and "no format wars." A few
> | of the ZDNet crowd is pushing OXML like crack dealers in their
> | blogs, as if their jobs depended on Microsoft. (Oh wait, they do,
> | don't they?) Problem is, there never was a format war because OXML
> | is and will never be a universal ISO-certified file format. Game
> | over. Microsoft lost. Two-thirds of the JTC1 nations rejected OXML
> | outright due to its innumerable contradictions that were found in
> | the first 30 days. Fast-tracking via Ecma didn't work as Microsoft
> | planned. The review period was extended for an unprecedented 90
> | more days and so far Microsoft is flummoxed and silent in response
> | to OXML's inherent flaws and weaknesses.
> `----
>
>
http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12558-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=30920&messageID=573775&start=-1
> http://tinyurl.com/3bg58t
>
>
> Related:
>
> Any objections? For Open XML standard, yes (still)
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> ,----[ Quote ]
> | But the number of countries with reservations about Open XML in its
> | current form remains large enough that the format might not be
> | approved by ISO if it were put to a vote Thursday.
> `----
>
> http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1043415617&rid=-50
>
>
> Microsoft and the OOXML ISO standard process
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> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Both Computerworld and the Standards Blog report that ECMA answered
> | the objections that several ISO members had against fast-tracking the
> | ECMA 376 standard.
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>
> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2007030308154032
>
>
> [Microsoft pays for Wikipedia edits]
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>
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/01/24/microsoft.wikipedia.ap/index.html
>
>
> When is a standard not a standard?
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> ,----[ Quote ]
> | OOXML's method of dealing with the problem in effect locks out
> | all applications that are not Microsoft Office, whereas ODF's
> | method keeps the standard vendor neutral and usable by any
> | office suite
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> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/2110
>
>
> Microsoft playing three card monte with XML conversion
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> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Gary Edwards of the Open Document Foundation, a leading member
> | of its technical committee, says Microsoft is playing proprietary
> | games aimed at controlling XML file formats and preventing the
> | Open Document Format from gaining a foothold.
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> http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=959
>
>
> MA Governor-Elect Names MS Anti-ODF Lobbyist to Technology Advisory Group
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | That person is Brian Burke, the Microsoft Regional Director for Public
> | Affairs, and if that surprises you, it surprises me as well, given the
> | degree of acrimonious debate and disinformation witnessed in
> | Massachusetts over the last 15 months involving the Information
> | Technology Division's transition to ODF.... it is my understanding that
> | it was Burke who led the lobbying effort on Beacon Hill against ODF, and
> | also urged legislators to introduce the amendment intended to take away
> | much of the ITD's planning power generally, and as regards standards
> | specifically, and hand it to a task force made up of political
> | appointees.... Although I'm told that Burke announced yesterday at the
> | first meeting of the new working group that he will be participating as
> | a private citizen rather than a Microsoft employee, I believe that Burke
> | should recuse himself from participating in any discussions or
> | recommendations relating to document format standards.
> `----
>
>
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20061128161343183
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>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | 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.
> |
> | Quinn: I believe that the ODF decision will stand. I believe MS
> | will continue to do anything and everything it can to stop it. And I
> | know my seat wasn't even empty and they (MS) took another shot at
> | the title, to no avail. This horse is out of the barn and I see no
> | way for it to go back in. Remember, all we are asking for was and is
> | for Microsoft to commit to open and the standards process; so
> | everyone looks really bad if the plug gets pulled at this juncture.
> `----
>
> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060119232859729
>
>
> [ECMA:] A Coin-in-the-Slot Standards Organization
>
>
http://boycottnovell.com/2006/12/12/a-coin-in-the-slot-standards-organization/
It is a two-edged sword. On the one hand it does give some legitimacy to
OOXML. On the other hand, it means that someone using OpenOffice.org can
open and process documents from the unwashed masses that insist on using
what ever dog food Microsoft serves up to them.
Ian
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