[odf-discuss] Gnome Foundation and ECMA

[Russell Ossendryver]

> Jody's blog is here. <http://blogs.gnome.org/jody/>. There's a fairly
> lengthy conversation in the comments on this page, <
> http://blogs.gnome.org/jody/2007/09/10/odf-vs-oox-asking-the-wrong-questions/>,
> that raises some of the issues you do.

Yes, I read that with keen interest and noticed how much advertising
he does for MS and his buddy buddy Blog Roll with Brian Jones and the
other MSDN bloggers. "Birds of a Feather flock together"


On 10/28/07, marbux <marbux at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 10/27/07, Russell Ossendryver <worldlabel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Can anyone give insight into why Gnome Foundation
> > participating in the ECMA
> > http://www.ecma-international.org/memento/TC45-M.htm
> regarding
> > resolving comments for ISO
>
> Jody Goldberg of Gnumeric is a former Novell staffer who participated in
> ECMA TC 45 on Novell's behalf and who brought this initiative to the Gnome
> Board. Gnumeric was one of the first products out the door with OOXML
> support. IIRC, Jody also made significant contributions to the ODF Formulas
> SC work. With Gnumeric supporting OOXML, it makes some sense to me for Jody
> to participate from inside Ecma in the rewrite of DIS 29500. Gnumeric has a
> dog in that fight.
>
> Jody's blog is here. <http://blogs.gnome.org/jody/>. There's a fairly
> lengthy conversation in the comments on this page, <
> http://blogs.gnome.org/jody/2007/09/10/odf-vs-oox-asking-the-wrong-questions/>,
> that raises some of the issues you do.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Marbux
>
>
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