Comments on: NSAI invites comments on OOXML/OpenXML standard

By: Ian Cosgrove

Ian Cosgrove — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:50:31 +0000

I can only hope that this time around Microsofts proposal again gets shot down, for many many reasons (eg in line with patents held by Microsoft they could technically sue people using this “standard” in certain countries) but I just hope that regardless of the outcome the NSAI puts some pressure on the ISO to investigate what happened with the voting process in Norway for this non-standard.

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antoin@eire.com » FON hotspot in TCD — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:13:57 +0000

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By: Paul O'Malley

Paul O'Malley — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:35:43 +0000

http://fsfeurope.org/documents/msooxml-questions

These should kill it, it is my belief that Microsoft actually now know the ISO quest is a dead duck.

You can see it documented here:

http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070629070544217

Or else it is just very expensive mud to put in the water.

Regards,
Paul

By: Bill de hÓra

Bill de hÓra — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:29:27 +0000

NSAI taking comments on OOXML…

The NSAI are accepting advisory submissions for the their vote on Office Open XML (ISO/IEC DIS 29500). Submissions are invited, which, to ensure that they can be considered as input to the advisory report to establish NSAI’s position, should be……

By: taint.org: Justin Mason’s Weblog » NSAI invites comments on OOXML/OpenXML standard

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:08:40 +0000

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