[FSFE PR][EN] 26 March 2008: Today is Document Freedom Day
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| Today is Document Freedom Day: Roughly 200 teams from more than 60
| countries worldwide are organising local activities to raise awareness
| for Document Freedom and Open Standards. To support the initiatives
| surrounding the first day to celebrate document liberation, DFD
| starter packs containing a DFD flag, t-shirts and leaflets have been
| sent to the first 100 registered teams over the past weeks.
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http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/press-release/2008q1/000205.html
http://documentfreedom.org/News/20080326
What Microsoft’s track record tells us about OOXML’s future
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| If the discussion on OOXML was purely technical I don’t think there would be
| much debate. Apart from Microsoft employees and a few lost souls, for whom we
| can only wonder about their real motivations, I have yet to meet any
| technical person arguing that OOXML is a good specification.
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http://lehors.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/what-microsofts-track-record-tells-us-about-ooxmls-future/
Seeking Open Standards Activists
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| I'm looking forward to the day, soon, when I can search Google for "open
| standards activist" and not find a paid Microsoft shill among the listings on
| the first page.
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http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/03/seeking-open-standards-activists.html
Related:
Microsoft Tech Ed 2007: OpenXML
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| He was asked "Why did Microsoft push OOXML through the "Fast Track" process
| instead of the standard ISO process? Wouldn't they get less resistance than
| faced now?"
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| His response was very frank: "Office is a USD$10 billion revenue generator
| for the company. When ODF was made an ISO standard, Microsoft had to react
| quickly as certain governments have procurement policies which prefer ISO
| standards. Ecma and OASIS are 'international standards', but ISO is the
| international 'Gold Standard'. Microsoft therefore had to rush this standard
| through. Its a simple matter of commercial interests!"
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http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2007/09/microsoft-tech-.html
Linux Foundation: Microsoft's OOXML Argument 'Ridiculous'
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| "What I'd love to see is Microsoft adopt the already existing ISO standard,"
| Zemlin says, referring to the OpenDocument Format (ODF) backed by Google and
| others. "It's akin to Microsoft going to the United States Congress and
| proposing an alternative bumper heights."
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http://www.crn.com/software/206900276;jsessionid=CIDB0BZULPGHOQSNDLOSKHSCJUNN2JVN
A renewed wish for open document standards
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| Currently, the technology industry is evaluating a proposed ISO standard for
| document formats. Given the importance of a workable standard, Microsoft's
| submission of Office Open XML (OOXML ) as an additional international
| standard has caught the attention of many. In September 2007, the original
| request to ISO was defeated. After further technical analysis of the
| specification along with all the additional data available on OOXML, Google
| believes OOXML would be an insufficient and unnecessary standard, designed
| purely around the needs of Microsoft Office.
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http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/renewed-wish-for-open-document.html
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