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"I'd go with that. I think ISO/IEC 26300 (ODF 1.0) can be compared to a neat house built on good foundations which is not finished; 29500 (OOXML) is a baroque cliffside castle replete with toppling towers, secret passages and ghosts: it is all too finished." | "I'd go with that. I think ISO/IEC 26300 (ODF 1.0) can be compared to a neat house built on good foundations which is not finished; 29500 (OOXML) is a baroque cliffside castle replete with toppling towers, secret passages and ghosts: it is all too finished." | ||
Now he tells us. Still, better late than never. And I couldn't have put it better myself. But if it's that bad, why is it an ISO standard? A standard with secret passages is a standard no one can implement unless they have a map and the keys. We don't have either. Only Microsoft does. Thanks, ISO, for this little anticompetitive joke. Courtecy: [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080414181840439 PJ @ groklaw] | Now he tells us. Still, better late than never. And I couldn't have put it better myself. But if it's that bad, why is it an ISO standard? A standard with secret passages is a standard no one can implement unless they have a map and the keys. We don't have either. Only Microsoft does. Thanks, ISO, for this little anticompetitive joke. | ||
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The public cares about ODF, because it realizes it will impact every one of us directly, and we see the obvious, that OOXML is a spoiler. This has nothing to do with market share. | |||
Courtecy: [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080414181840439 PJ @ groklaw] | |||
==Events== | ==Events== | ||
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===International=== | ===International=== | ||
* [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080414181840439 Alex Brown: OOXML is like a baroque castle with secret passages and crumbling towers] | |||
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinbekkelund/2401892968/in/set-72157604470345809/ Demonstration against OOXML] | * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinbekkelund/2401892968/in/set-72157604470345809/ Demonstration against OOXML] | ||
* [http://www.ukuug.org/ooxml/ UKUUG seeks legal advice on BSI's OOXML decision] | * [http://www.ukuug.org/ooxml/ UKUUG seeks legal advice on BSI's OOXML decision] |