[odf-discuss] Ed Brill blog

[Lars Noodén]

I found this one two links away from a disappointing Peter Galli article:

Microsoft’s Open XML letter
 http://www.edbrill.com/ebrill/edbrill.nsf/dx/microsofts-open-xml-letter

Ed Brill brings up a lot of good points, too bad the Galli article
doesn't link to it directly.

Galli's article[1] fails to mention, or even hint, that MOOX is trying
to compete against the established universal productivity document
standard ODF.  It also accuses the complaints against MOOX or for ODF as
behing 'rhetoric' rather than admitting the licensing and technical
problems.  Further, it misses the point that ISO is for ready standards.

Jim Melton brings up a good rebuttal to MS' Riock Jeliffe.  Here is the
NOOOXML summary:
http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-48130/iso-sql-editor-jim-melton-s-view-on-ooxml

Something similar could be written for the Galli article.

-Lars

[1] Sad that 2 years into MS' assault on established office document
standards, the main issues are still being neglected:
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Apps/Rhetoric-Rises-as-Office-Open-XML-Vote-Approaches/