Fwd: [odf-discuss] Abiword gets requests for OOXML, not ODF

[Janet Hawtin]

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Chris Puttick <cputtick at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> So should we bother with standards or not?


imho
Yes
But I think that we need to make standards brands around thorough and
transparent processes.
That is a long term proposition perhaps but useful.

imho
It is not the format standard which is problematic but the fact that work
which cannot function as a standard can pass because the process is
compromised misaligned, or confused.

Making broken things will have a long term consumer burn. ooxml will burn
long term.
Frustrations with data clarity will increase because data is more fluid.

Making consistent work that interoperates will develop trust for users and
also between projects?

Shorter term it feels like it would be good to have some kind of document
standards barcamp
to move forward on collaboration between open source projects or/and some
work around making good standards accessible to work with? Share ideas
around making it easy to do things to match real standards and to negotiate
forwards for standards?

I think it is reasonable to expect that while there is an assumption that
money can be made by locking people into an obfuscated format there will be
people interested in 'volunteering' to effect that outcome in any context
and perhaps increasingly in competing contexts.

imho Ensuring people increasingly realise there is money to be made in good
data flow and interoperability will make it more easy to maintain momentum
and collaboration on real standards in open projects.

Janet
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