Winning the OpenDocument vs. OpenXML war
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| While the standardisation war is absolutely crucial, I firmly believe
| that the only way this battle can be won is by making sure that people
| use OpenDocument in their everyday life.
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| Basically, members of the free software community can and should do
| more than just watch the fight and rest on their laurels: the more
| people that fight, the more likely we are to win this battle, which
| is anything but over. We should all keep in mind that OpenDocument
| might become, even in the long term, a “fringe format” that nobody
| actually uses. Microsoft’s monopoly on file formats, if that becomes
| the case, would create unimaginable damage.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/editorial_019
Key setback for OOXML yesterday.
Yesterday:
OOXML Approval Vote Fails in INCITS
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| The overall vote is not, to me, a surprise. Leaving all politics or opinions
| aside on whether OOXML should become an ISO/IEC standard when ODF already
| exists, I do not believe that OOXML is in good enough shape to recommend a
| yes vote, with or without comments.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070810112044631
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