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<p>I am very, very glad to see so much interest in the Open Document Format and Microsoft's attempt to get OOXML made a standard. I'm particularly glad to see the statement from the ISOC Luxemburg chapter. IBM, Oracle, and a number of other companies feel that the proposed OOXML standard, as presently drafted, should NEVER be approved. Fortunately, many national standards bodies seem to agree. But ISOC chapters can help educate those national standards bodies that have not yet voted. (The deadline for voting is September 2.)<br>
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As Alejandro said, this is very, very much an Internet issue; it's not just about word-processing software. As more and more services and software migrate "into the cloud" and Web Services and SOA allow us to more easily share and combine documents and pieces of code (to create mash-ups, etc.) it's going to be essential that we have an open standard for documents. ODF is the answer; OOXML is not. If you've looked at the OOXML standard, you know it's more than 4000 pages long!!! And even then, it's not complete or implementable. Microsoft is the only company that will ever implement it. <br>
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For more information on ODF and why ISOC chapters should oppose OOXML, visit:<br>
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<a href="http://www.odfalliance.org">http://www.odfalliance.org</a><br>
<a href="http://www.noooxml.org">http://www.noooxml.org</a><br>
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Please consider asking your members to sign the anti-OOXML petition at <a href="http://www.odfalliance.org/">http://www.odfalliance.org/</a><br>
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For the latest details on OOXML, visit <br>
<a href="http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=1781">http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=1781</a><br>
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<a href="http://robweir.com/blog/">http://robweir.com/blog/</a><br>
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<tt>Javier,<br>
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further in this exchange, it need be noted that the Microsoft-XML standard <br>
is not only an "Office" issue, but actually very much an Internet issue. <br>
The way Microsoft is using it affects not only offline but also online <br>
behaviour of its software. Sites that we have prepared to be compatible <br>
with almost everything are now not working with the latest versions of <br>
Explorer because of this.<br>
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So while there may be some debate about the sufficiency of ODF for all <br>
possible purposes, and some folks hesitate to push it forward real hard, <br>
there seems to be no doubt that ooXML will poison the Internet experience.<br>
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Do others have more-detailed information here?<br>
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Yours,<br>
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Alejandro Pisanty<br>
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On Sat, 11 Aug 2007, Javier SOLA wrote:<br>
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> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:16:00 +0700<br>
> From: Javier SOLA <javier@khmeros.info><br>
> To: chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org<br>
> Cc: Khaled KOUBAA <khaled.koubaa@topnet.tn><br>
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] ooXML<br>
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> Standards are strategic for control of the software market.<br>
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> Until now the de-facto standard has been Microsoft Office formats. MS<br>
> software was required to read almost all Office documents that were<br>
> exchanged around the world. The OpenDocument standard has broken this<br>
> monopoly, by creating an Open Standard that any program can use. Many<br>
> countries around the world are now mandating the use of Open Standards<br>
> in all documents stored and exchanged.<br>
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> MS is trying to go back to controlling the de-facto standard by breaking<br>
> the standard. As soon as there are two standards... there is no longer a<br>
> standard, and we go back to de-facto standards... which is where MS<br>
> moves easily to maintain control of the Office application market...<br>
> they think.<br>
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> Javier<br>
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