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[News] [OSS] Microsoft Gives Up, 'Accepts' OpenDocument Format

Microsoft Votes for Choice

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| Company backs the addition of ODF to American National Standards list.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070517/sfth034.html?.v=101

Check the wording. They only do this to such up to the Establishment and get
that joke called Oh-uh XML approved as a standard. When it comes to
standards, there should be no /choice/, especially when one involves 6000
pages, including bugs, patent-encumbered stuff, and undocumented bits. Many
people have said this before.

Still doing its PR charades to promote Office lockins in China...

http://bp2.blogger.com/_9b3xtxYr_Xs/RkvWgdR8USI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/_RQx8KVIEIw/s1600-h/msbus1.JPG

Advertising a broken product...

http://picasaweb.google.com/sasquatch20/BillError/photo#5064844043887641266

http://uploader.irunthis.net/files/ThanksWindows.jpg


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The Contradictory State of OOXML

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| Other contradictions would seem to be impossible to resolve given the
| nature of OOXML itself, the stated purpose of which is to describe a
| single vendor's product -- bugs and all.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070117145745854


The Open XML Lie

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| The basic premise of Rob?s article was that the Microsoft Open
| XML Specification was similar to creating a job description
| that would allow for only one qualified respondent. Such a
| job description might read as follows:
| 
|     * 5 years experience with Java, J2EE and web development, PHP, XSLT
|     * Fluency in French and Corsican
|     * Experience with the Llama farming industry
|     * Mole on left shoulder
|     * Sister named Bridgette
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http://3monkeyweb.com/3monkeys/2007/01/17/the-open-xml-lie/


The Formats of Excel 2007

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| The "Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook" option saves as an "xlsxm"
| extension. It is OOXML plus proprietary Microsoft extensions.
| These extensions, in the form of binary blob called
| vbaProject.bin, represent the source code of the macros. This
| part of the format is not described in the OOXML specification.
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http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/01/formats-of-excel-2007.html


Is Open XML a one way specification for most people?

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| Who will implement Open XML correctly and fully? Maybe Microsoft.
| Why? Since it is essentially a dump into XML of all the data
| needed for all the functionality of their Office products and
| since those products are proprietary, only they will understand
| any nuances that go beyond the spec. The spec may illuminate
| some of the mistakes that have been made and are now being
| written into a so called standard for all to have to implement,
| but I'm guessing there might be a few other shades of meaning
| that will not be clear. Fully and correctly implementing Open
| XML will require the cloning of a large portion of Microsoft's
| product. Best of luck doing that, especially since they have
| over a decade head start. Also, since they have avoided using
| industry standards like SVG and MathML, you'll have to
| reimplement Microsoft's flavor of many things. You had
| better start now. So therefore I conclude that while Microsoft
| may end up supporting most of Open XML (and we'll have to
| see the final products to see how much and how correctly),
| other products will likely only end up supporting a subset. 
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http://sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=1145


Sun slams Ecma's OpenXML OK

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| "Make sure you follow how well the Novell and Corel implementations
| do," he wrote. "If they falter, watch out for those who try to blame
| those companies or open source itself, when the root of the problem
| may be with the Microsoft Office OpenXML spec in the first place."
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http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2170681/sun-slams-ecma-openxml-ok


State by state, Microsoft responds to creeping threat

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| Characteristically, as lawmakers like Homan have learned,
| Microsoft's hardly taking a passive position.
| 
| [...]
| 
| 'Microsoft sees what's coming. Things like Word and Excel 
| sort of like a drug now getting ready to go generic.'
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/state-state-microsoft-responds-assault/story.aspx?guid=%7BC0D943C4%2D4ADC%2D471C%2D8F87%2D9181A4EC3E7B%7D&siteid=yhoof
http://tinyurl.com/2akafj


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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

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