After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> ____/ Linonut on Monday 03 September 2007 21:51 : \____
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>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>
>>> Brazil votes against Open XML
>>>
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>>> | Among the issues cited are lack of compatibility with the Gregorian
>>> | calendar, lack of support for languages such as Chinese, Japanese and
>>> | Korean, and security issues including the possibility of password breaches
>>> | and vulnerability to viruses.
>>> `----
>>>
> http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/News/41c10c11-2ee9-4052-ba6c-93026ca1b1d4.html
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>> Is this really true:
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>> Among the issues cited are lack of compatibility with the Gregorian
>> calendar, lack of support for languages such as Chinese, Japanese and
>> Korean, ...
>>
>> If so, get OOXML the fuck out of ISO.
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> Of course. China cited this as a reason a long time ago. This is not a standard
> really. It's a bunch of programmers in the 80s hacking on code rather than
> looking at existing standards, e.g. for date formatting. To this date,
> Microsoft's formats are a sordid mess with specs like "DoTabsLikeWord97"
> or "EmulateWordPerfect". This is 2007! What an inelegant mess.
I don't understand how even a Microsoft Partner cannot see this, and
vote against it.
If stuff like this gets into ISO, then ISO is moot.
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Tux rox!
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