[odf-discuss] Gnome, Ecma, and what governments (and FOSS?) should have done

[Alberto Barrionuevo]

On Saturday 03 November 2007 14:01:59 Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > Could you finally position publicy and so concise and clearly if you back
> > or not to OOXML as an ISO standard?
>
> This was answered clearly, up-front: The GNOME Foundation is not pursuing
> or assisting with ISO standardisation of OOXML.

Ok, you say that you are not helping it, but: "Are you against that 
standardization?"

FSF, FFII, KDE, ODF Alliance, Google, IBM, and many others (indeed the OD 
Foundation) have position already against the standardization of that fake 
standard. Microsoft cannot use them as references.

> Given that I've mentioned it numerous times already, hopefully you'll be
> patient and wait for the GNOME Foundation's official statement next week.

Nice. I look forward. Thanks.

-- 
Alberto Barrionuevo
Vice President FFII
www.ffii.org