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.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=298
See the following comment:
Wow, and it's just as bad as the MCAN translator!
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| 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.
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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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| 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.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1043415617&rid=-50
Microsoft and the OOXML ISO standard process
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| 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]
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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| 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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| 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
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| 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.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20061128161343183
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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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| 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.
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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/
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