OOXML in Ireland: OOXML IN FRANCE
French président of the commision , Frédéric Bon, in charge of the choice is paid by Microsoft . In fact , he is the director of "Clever Age" with is the firm choose by Microsoft to develop an...
View ArticleFrance "The commission seems to have already made its mind": France "The...
In France, AFNOR (French Association for Standarts) is responsible for the validation as an ISO norm for OpenXML The country is also due to choose its own ISO standarts and determine whether OpenXML...
View ArticleOOXML in Ireland: Re: OOXML in Ireland
http://www.eire.com/2007/08/17/ooxml-ireland-recommended-to-abstain/
View ArticleRichard Stallman on OOXML: Richard Stallman on OOXML
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;211669437;pp;4 "Microsoft has frequently imposed non-interoperability; now, for example, it promotes the patented bogus "standard" OOXML instead of...
View ArticleBob Sutor on the proceedings of the Ballot Resolution Meeting: Bob Sutor on...
In his blog, Bob Sutor addresses some of the Hows and Whats of rules governing the ISO ballot resolution meeting (which is the next step in the OOXML-standardization process)....
View ArticleRob Weir on the lack of transparency in the OOXML ballot resolution process:...
Concerning the "662 responses", Ecma is hosting them on their web site, on a password protected page. The password is made available to NB heads "on request". But so far few NB's have requested the...
View ArticlePromise of OOXML Oversight By ISO Falls Through: Promise of OOXML Oversight...
In his Dec 6 blog entry http://www.robweir.com/blog/ reports how Microsoft first promised through many spokespeople that stewardship of OOXML would be handed over to ISO, but "Ecma's "Proposal for a...
View ArticleWSJ: Microsoft's Office Push Scrutinized by EU: WSJ: Microsoft's Office Push...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120242867034452081.html?mod=hpp_europe_whats_news (full article requires paid subscription)
View ArticleZDnet Asia: Developers warned over OOXML patent risk: ZDnet Asia: Developers...
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62037862,00.htm
View ArticleDifferences between Mac and Windows Office implementations of OOXML:...
An OOXML supporter told me that OOXML is implemented in Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac. As I had earlier read in a thread about Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac I have found...
View ArticlePlease help me understand the basics: Please help me understand the basics
I have been reading the headlines, and it smells like a scam to me. But, with my limited knowledge of the process, I can not say for sure. I have tried reading some articles on wikipedia, but there...
View ArticlePlease help me understand the basics: Re: Please help me understand the basics
P and O "members" are national standard bodies. P-status indicates that you intend to regularly participate in the meeting. You can upgrade from O to P status but only recently the more or less stable...
View ArticleDifferences between Mac and Windows Office implementations of OOXML: Re:...
Let us make a destinction between the a) different implementations of the new Microsoft document format and b) ECMA-376 and c) ISO Dis 29500 (OOXML). The format of Office 07 is not fully identical...
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How many bricks for 67Bricks?: How many bricks for 67 Bricks?
Inigo Surguy, the 67 Bricks Chief Technologist, was appointed Principal UK Expert in Microsoft’s Office Open XML (OOXML) document format by the British Standards Institute technical committee...
View ArticleHow many bricks for 67Bricks?: Re: How many bricks for 67 Bricks?
Can't we leave this for the EU investigation? I see no value in washing the dirty cloth now. It is inappropriate to draw premature conclusions. You saw it with my reporting about the Polish...
View ArticleHow many bricks for 67Bricks?: Re: How many bricks for 67 Bricks?
I cannot comment on BSI discussions, which are confidential. The Microsoft Empower programme is a programme in which small software companies can pay a couple of hundred pounds to Microsoft to get...
View ArticleHow many bricks for 67Bricks?: Re: How many bricks for 67 Bricks?
Please calm down, there's no real reason to cry "wolf" in the last trembling moments of the vote. If the "Microsoft Empower Programme" constitutes an improper connection to Microsoft, then I would be...
View ArticleHow many bricks for 67Bricks?: Re: How many bricks for 67 Bricks?
I tend to agree quite strongly with stegu- this is much-ado about nothing. The Microsoft Empower Program is really little more than buying some cheap software- to be honest it's little different from...
View ArticleHow many bricks for 67Bricks?: Re: How many bricks for 67 Bricks?
Thanks for the clarifications. I will pull the article now from the front page.
View ArticlePlease help me understand the basics: Re: Please help me understand the basics
Hi, could you please summarize your knowledge about these corrupt folks on one page ? I'm currently collecting ideas how to move against these people. Also I'm planning an wide boycott initiative...
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