[odf-discuss] Fwd: FW: [Noooxml] Fwd: OOXML

[Lars D. Noodén]

Interesting idea, but I need convincing.  What's in it for those wishing a 
universal office format, other than lost time?

My take is that Ecma 376 is so hopelessly tied to MS Office, that it would 
be impossible for a complete third party implementation.  That's not 
counting the licensing problems.  So rather than trying to teach that pig 
to sing, effort would be better spent seeing that it dies the quick and 
peaceful death it deserves so that we can all get back to work on 
initiatives that will provide a real payoff in interoperability (e.g. 
harmonization of China's UOF with ISO's ODF)

-Lars
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On Wed, 2 May 2007, Chris Puttick wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Wiebe van der Worp <wiebe at vrijschrift.org>
> Date: May 1, 2007 8:55 PM
> Subject: OOXML
> To: Nederland zegt NEE tegen softwarepatenten!! <nl-parl at ffii.org>
[snip]
> In the current process of making OOXML an ISO standard the national
> standardization bodies are involved. Unfortunately the free information
> / software movement is almost not participating in the OOXML committees
> in many countries. This results in a threatening and dangerous situation.
[snip]