Comments on: OOXML Questions Microsoft Cannot Answer in Geneva

By: Truth Happens | Questioning OOXML

Truth Happens | Questioning OOXML — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:26:58 +0000

[...] OOXML Questions Microsoft Cannot Answer in Geneva | Fanatic Attack Open Standards represent a democratic ideal, which means accountability. When one proposes one’s own property to become an ISO standard, we have a right to know all the answers before we vote you in. [...]

By: OOXML, ODF og kostnader | Auduns IT weblogg

OOXML, ODF og kostnader | Auduns IT weblogg — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:11:50 +0000

[...] svar er vel egentlig ingen, for ikke en gang Microsoft følger ECMA-standarden 100%, men benytter seg av en egen variant1. Uansett kreves det minst MS Office 2007 eller nyere for [...]

By: Francisco J Banos Lemoine

Francisco J Banos Lemoine — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:33:06 +0000

Mr. Bryan. You said “…You are entitled to express your opinion. Remember a YES vote for OOXML is a vote against democracy and the freedom of choice.” You cannot tell me that I am entitled to express my opinion and a phrase later tell me that if I vote for OOXML is against the democracy and the freedom of choice. Under the name of democracy, many crimes has been committed. Don’t tell me what should I vote; show some confidence in my opinion and judgment. And by-the-way now that you care so much for “Today our society depends upon an enormous variety of software applications and easy access to information in order to function on a day-to-day basis” please send this letter to IBM so the mainframe gets easier to access.

By: A Deluge of Facts KOs OOXML (Office Open XML) | Fanatic Attack

A Deluge of Facts KOs OOXML (Office Open XML) | Fanatic Attack — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:23:00 +0000

[...] Furthermore, the ECMA proposed changes to DIS 29500 fail to address harmonization; naming confusions; consistency of fixes is a problem, support for legacy documents, IP Issues specifically in regards to GPL Licenses used by Open Source, Microsoft’s main competitor/antagonist; ECMA response to the date problem only has complicated matters; and many of these questions on OOXML remain unanswered. [...]

By: 2008: The Year of Open Document Formats? « Opportunity Knocks

2008: The Year of Open Document Formats? « Opportunity Knocks — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:04:37 +0000

[...] results in a larger market (unit sales), lower prices, and more choices for their customers. The controversy surrounding Microsoft / Ecma International’s OOXML (ECMA 376) has helped to highlight many of these [...]

By: Olaf

Olaf — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:38:38 +0000

If OOXML is actually approved by ISO then it will be the downfall of the standards organization. OOXML is simply not worthy of being an official international standard, it’s merely an XML dump of the binary Office format. Approval would also imply that all the countries with voting rights are grossly corrupt, even Western nations.

By: hAl

hAl — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:49:57 +0000

You suggest these are questions about OOXML that can’t be answered by Microsoft duringthe BRM.
Bit point you are totaly missing is that Micrsoft is not a party in the BRM meeting and as such cannot even comment on things in the BRM untill after it is been completed.
The BRM is a meeting between ISO members and standardsgroup Ecma about improving the OOXML specification and not about 90% of the questions you suggest.

Your post shows a complete lack of understanding of the standardization proces.
I suggest you read up on the blog of the BRM convernor Alex Brown who for instance states that non comments can be handled which regards to any (reference)implementations of OOXML as that falls outside of the scope of the BRM meeting. So any of your questions about MS office are totally inappropriate for this meeting.
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By: Boycott Novell » Quote of the Day: Stephane Rodriguez on The Four Separate OOXMLs

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:45:33 +0000

[...] yesterday: Another thing that should be reminded is that having to spend so much time on details because [...]

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:49:59 +0000

Jose, you should really start an ODF/OOXML blog.

By: Jose_X

Jose_X — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:36:57 +0000

The previous post had a broken link. It should be this http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-234.htm