[Chapter-delegates] ooXML

[Alejandro Pisanty]

Javier,

further in this exchange, it need be noted that the Microsoft-XML standard 
is not only an "Office" issue, but actually very much an Internet issue. 
The way Microsoft is using it affects not only offline but also online 
behaviour of its software. Sites that we have prepared to be compatible 
with almost everything are now not working with the latest versions of 
Explorer because of this.

So while there may be some debate about the sufficiency of ODF for all 
possible purposes, and some folks hesitate to push it forward real hard, 
there seems to be no doubt that ooXML will poison the Internet experience.

Do others have more-detailed information here?

Yours,

Alejandro Pisanty


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On Sat, 11 Aug 2007, Javier SOLA wrote:

> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:16:00 +0700
> From: Javier SOLA <javier at khmeros.info>
> To: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
> Cc: Khaled KOUBAA <khaled.koubaa at topnet.tn>
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] ooXML
> 
> Standards are strategic for control of the software market.
>
> Until now the de-facto standard has been Microsoft Office formats. MS
> software was required to read almost all Office documents that were
> exchanged around the world. The OpenDocument standard has broken this
> monopoly, by creating an Open Standard that any program can use. Many
> countries around the world are now mandating the use of Open Standards
> in all documents stored and exchanged.
>
> MS is trying to go back to controlling the de-facto standard by breaking
> the standard. As soon as there are two standards... there is no longer a
> standard, and we go back to de-facto standards... which is where MS
> moves easily to maintain control of the Office application market...
> they think.
>
> Javier
>
>
>
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