[odf-discuss] Ecma Approves Office Open XML

[Daniel Carrera]

On Sat, 2006-09-12 at 17:42 +0000, Alex Hudson wrote:
> I think it's presumed that there has to be a specific need for a
> different standard.

Does this mean that Microsoft will have to demonstrate that MSO
documents cannot be represented using ODF? That might be difficult
considering that ODF can be extended.


> For example, there are a ton of different standards
> for power connectors: not because different people like their own
> connectors, but because you really do need a different tool in different
> circumstances.

That reminds me of how the UK, Germany and Canada all have different
power sockets on the walls :)  Very annoying. I have 3 power cables for
my laptop and neither of them works in the UK (one is for Australia), so
I use a converter. And when I went to Switzerland I had to borrow yet
another converter because they don't have the same sockets as Germany.

> The interesting wrinkle with OpenXML is that Ecma TC45 doesn't assume
> maintainership of OpenXML unless it's adopted by ISO.

Oh... that _is_ interesting. So it's ISO or nothing.

Cheers,
Daniel.
-- 
"I AM in shape. Round IS a shape."
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