OOXML: The Formula for Failure
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| As I've shown, in the rush to write a 6,000 page standard in less than a
| year, Ecma dropped the ball. OOXML's spreadsheet formula is worse than
| missing. It has incorrect formulas that, if implemented according to the
| standard may cause loss of life, property and capital. This standard is
| seriously messed up. And shame on all those who praised and continue to
| praise the OOXML formula specification without actually reading it.
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http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/07/formula-for-failure.html
TurboLinux to help translate Open XML for Asia
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| TurboLinux, which also distributes a version of OpenOffice.org for Japan and
| China, also will ensure those suites can read and write Open XML files, Paoli
| said.
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| Much has been made of the fact that Microsoft did not provide native support
| in Microsoft Office 2007 for ODF, though it provides support for 30 other
| file formats and uses Open XML as the default document file format.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1180812442&rid=-50
Another traitor. Betrayal of open standards.
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