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[News] Has Microsoft Monopoly Enabler (OOXML) Just Collapsed in the United States?

  • Subject: [News] Has Microsoft Monopoly Enabler (OOXML) Just Collapsed in the United States?
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:01:59 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
OOXML Fails to Gain Approval in US

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| On Friday July 13th, INCITS V1 met via teleconference for 3 hours but failed 
| to reach a 2/3 consensus necessary to recommend an "Approval, with comments" 
| position on Microsoft "Office Open XML" (OOXML) document specification.  
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http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/07/ooxml-fails-to-gain-approval-in-us.html


Related:

WordProcessing ML Sub-Committee [Why Ecma OOXML cannot be regarded as a
free/open document standard]

,----[ Quote ]
| "OpenXML is designed to represent the existing corpus of documents 
| faithfully, even if that means preserving idiosyncrasies that one 
| might not choose given the luxury of starting from a clean slate. In 
| the ODF design, compatibility with and preservation of existing Office
| documents were not goals. Each set of goals is valuable; sacrificing 
| either at the expense of the other may not be in the best interest of 
| users." (p.6 Ecma Response)
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http://wordprocessingml.pbwiki.com/


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


Mathematically Incorrect

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| So when it comes to comparing MSOOXML and ODF v1.0 on the basis of the 
| inclusion of "Formula Definitions", it becomes clear that the anti-ODF folk 
| have not much to shout about. In fact MSOOXML's "Formula Definition" is 
| deficient and inaccurate.   
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http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2007/07/mathematically-.html

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