[odf-discuss] Ecma Approves Office Open XML

[Carlos Moffat]

On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 17:03 -0800, marbux wrote:
> On 12/8/06, Carlos Moffat <carlos.lst at eldiabloenlosdetalles.net> wrote:
> > As for having to ISO standards for the same thing, I thought we had
> > discussed this already and the answer is: this is no problem at all.
> >
> 
> No, there has to be a market requirement for a second standard. It has
> to be "necessary." The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade is all
> about promoting competition by adopting standards and eliminating
> inconsistent standards. An individual vendor's refusal to support an
> existing standard does not create a *market* requirement for a second
> standard.
> 
> Best regards,

Ok, obviously I was missing an important set of facts here. Apologies.

Carlos


> 
> Marbux
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