C'mon, Miguel... tell us this is not true!
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| Come on, Miguel! Please tell us this is not what you said. This must be a
| forgery. Google must have f+cked up with its archive. Microsoft hackers must
| have cracked the hosting server. Or your email account, and they posted under
| your name. Or you didn't mean it. You had a terrible headache that Wednesday
| night. You thought it's April Fool's Day, and it was a good joke. You just
| wanted to test if it gets noticed.
|
| Whatever. Just tell us that it is not what you really think about OOXML.
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http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/2985
It's BoycottNovell that brought it to many people's attention a couple of days
ago. Even some Microsoft employees and OOXML backers admitted (towards the
end) that OOXML was flawed and needed more work. But not a Novell VP....
Shuttleworth Foundation backs ISO ruling
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| The foundation cautioned, however, that the ruling made by ISO was tentative
| and OOXML could still be considered by ISO as part of a longer process.
|
| "According to the Shuttleworth Foundation, this possibility represents a
| threat to access to information," said Rens. "Multiple formats, especially
| proprietary formats, present an unnecessary barrier to access to knowledge.
| The Shuttleworth Foundation remains committed to defending the rights of
| South Africans in terms of easy access to information and wholly opposes
| Microsoft’s attempt to introduce a second XML document format standard."
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1708
Related:
Norbert Bollow starts OpenISO
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| What do engineers do when they observe a problem? They start a project to fix
| it. A Swiss standard expert who got annoyed by the "Open XML bug" of ISO
| procedures launched OpenISO.org.
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http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-18681/norbert-bollow-starts-openiso
Critics Skeptical That Microsoft Will Be Able To Alter Vote On OOXML
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| "I don't believe the votes are later going to go in the other direction,"
| said Zemlin in an interview. Zemlin is sometimes criticized within Linux
| ranks for his repeated admonition that Microsoft must be respected as a
| competitor. But he was unsparing in his assessment of the ISO fast track
| outcome.
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http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201804282
APEC and OOXML - both pointless and annoying
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| Making just as many headlines as George Bush's travelling circus has been
| Microsoft's failed attempt to fast-track its OOXML document format to the
| status of an ISO standard.
|
| Both these events have been annoying and pointless. Neither has done anything
| but generate a huge amount of FUD (fear uncertainty and doubt).
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/securifythis/soa/APEC-and-OOXML-both-pointless-and-annoying/0,139033343,339281842,00.htm
OOXML is defective by design
http://ooxmlisdefectivebydesign.blogspot.com/2007/08/microsoft-office-xml-formats-defective.html
Microsoft Loses, Spins Open XML Vote
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| ISO issued a statement that makes plain what Microsoft tried to spin as a
| victory.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2178917,00.asp
Microsoft FUD Watch: OOXML Edition
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| Apparently, there is more than one way to stuff the ballot box.
|
| In all my years working as a journalist, I've never seen any technology
| company spin information the way Microsoft did today. The press release on
| OOXML ratification is a blueprint for spinning semantics, and the stringing
| together of truths and half-truths to seemingly make the outcome of one event
| something else altogether.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/business_applications/microsoft_fud_watch_ooxml_edition.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Microsoft spins OOXML loss as a win
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| Microsoft lost its effort to win “fast track” approval of its OOXML (which it
| calls Open XML) as an international standard, but you wouldn’t know that
| from reading much of the press coverage.
|
| * Microsoft claims global support for Open XML.
| * Microsoft reports victory in preliminary ISO ballot.
| * Microsoft takes big step toward OOXML approval.
| * Microsoft is seen winning an international standard vote.
| * Strong global support for Open XML.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1382
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
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| No kidding. Microsoft continues to steam-roll the competition, as illustrated
| by its latest attempt to ram acceptance of OOXML through ISO by the blatantly
| rigging the vote. And of course the European's really love Microsoft's
| business practices. Not. No, Microsoft has the DoJ in their hip pocket thanks
| to the "pro-business" stance of the Bush administration, and as long as
| Bushites remain in power and the Democrats remain inept and impotent, it's
| going to stay that way. Which leaves those of use who really believe in a
| free and fair market to fend for ourselves.
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http://blogbeebe.blogspot.com/2007/09/lord-what-fools-these-mortals-be.html
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