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

[Alberto Barrionuevo]

On Saturday 03 November 2007 04:09:04 Jody Goldberg wrote:
> > http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonmatusow/archive/2007/08/27/odf-open-xml-techni
> >cal-specifications-mature-over-time.aspx
>
> They (MS) would be able to make this claim with out Gnumeric or
> OO.o based on Apple, Wordperfect, and the cheesy xslt based
> conversion they sponsored.

Sorry, but with OOo no. OOo has decided already not to support OOXML in 
exporting, for example. They argue (correctly) that this would only help to 
Microsoft, not to the free community and the ODF adoption. And they are not 
using that extremelly poor xslt conversor early and quickly developed by 
Novell. 

Also KOffice has decided that to support import/export of OOXML is not a 
priority for them now.

Only the OOo fork of Novell is making using that poor conversor (and indeed 
publicising that they support OOXML, but this is part of their patent and 
call-it-interoperability agreement with Microsoft).

Indeed the ISO marketing of Microsoft is saying always "OpenOffice.org - 
Novell Edition", never "OpenOffice.org" alone.

The attached documents, delivered by Microsoft at many ISO member commitees, 
show how concerned and interested is Microsoft in to demonstrate to ISO 
members that OOXML is backed and supported by competition and that it can be 
perfectly implemented by them (what is false, btw). For example, that list 
has been delivered in every national standardization body as one of the main 
arguments against what is the truth: only MS-Office for Windows implements 
OOXML (and not fully as Stephane Rodriguez has demonstrated).

Please, have a look to the use that Microsoft is doing of your Gnumeric 
project because you are publicly implementing its format *NOW* and 
additionally complaining "how difficult ODF is to implement for you". 

They are doing surelly the same with Gnome just because it is now officially 
represented at ECMA TC. We will see this soon if they are not suddenly 
stopped with a good Gnome official statement (hopefully).

I just ask for you: Please, try not to give more weapons to our common 
enemy... Hard enough is to stop them without your weapons...

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