[odf-discuss] ODF tools and US administration's Open Government

[marbux]

On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 2:24 AM, M. Fioretti <mfioretti at nexaima.net> wrote:

> ...recommending really open standards like ODF is what I've explicitly
> recommended in my chapter of this book:

How specifications like ODF and OOXML that do not "clearly and
unambiguously specify the conformity requirements that are essential
to achieve the interoperability" can be described either as "open" or
as a "standard" is beyond me. Cf., ISO/IEC JTC 1 Directives Annex I,
<http://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink/fetch/2000/2489/186491/186605/AnnexI.html>.
Prepending "really" to "open standard" in context is simply
preposterous.

Time for a reality check, IMHO.

Best regards,

Paul E. Merrell, J.D. (Marbux)



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