____/ [H]omer on Wednesday 09 January 2008 04:57 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> 5 predictions about OOXML in 2008
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | The <NO>OOXML leaders spoke at the 24 Chaos Communication Congress
>> | in Berlin just before New Year. They predict that Microsoft will
>> | manage to have their broken standard adopted by ISO on the 1st of
>> | April 2008, after heavy lobbying and control of the discussions of
>> | the Ballot Resolution Meeting in Geneva.
>> `----
>
> Let's hope that Jody Goldberg gets his precious "documentation". Looks
> like he'll need it, thanks to him helping Microsoft to maintain their
> dominance.
He has denied that OOXML has binary extensions, only later to admit in my blog
(I pressured him) that extensions do exist but that he and Michael Meeks have
already 'hacked' them. Well, tell that to Google and hundreds of other
companies that do office suites that haven't anything to do with Novell... and
care about Microsoft patent ambush.
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~~ Best of wishes
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