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Old 22nd July 2007, 13:52   #11  |  Link
Wilbert
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As for OOXML, I think most of the criticisms miss the fact that its primary goal is to provide a XML implementation that's backwards compatible to all existing .doc files, which introduces painful complexity. You might argue about whether or not that's worth doing, but for enterprises that want to take their existing past few decades of .doc content and make them searchable in a structured way while preserving the layout precisely, OOXML is a great solution.
OOXML is being pushed as an open standard, which is simply incompatible with being compatible with existing .doc files. You can't have it both ways. However, it's not open (future patents treats, references to older Word versions) nor a standard despite being pushed as one.

If you read what happened in the committee in Portugal:

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As you know, it's been reported that both Sun and IBM were told there was no room for them to join the committee in Portugal and so they were not allowed to attend the July 16th meeting. A member of that committee, Rui Seabra, has now published his notes from the meeting and given me permission to reproduce them here for you.
Just look at how many participants are affiliated with Microsoft:

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?s...07071812280798

Or in the committee in the USA:
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Microsoft's plan to have its Office Open XML (OOXML) format fast-tracked for approval as an ISO standard hit a snag recently, when the V1, a technical committee that advises the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS), failed by two votes to gain the necessary two-thirds majority of its 26 voting members to give OOXML the "Approval, with comments" rating. The INCTS is a committee accredited by ANSI that recommends the United States' position on voting for ISO standards. Subsequent motions to pass OOXML as "Disapproval, with comments" and "Abstention, with comments" also failed. Rob Weir, an IBM employee who is a member of the V1 committee, explained the decision on his blog, and noted that 16 out of the 26 voting members joined the committee very late in the game, and almost all of these new partners voted to approve OOXML. Weir noted that some of these new members were companies that were Microsoft corporate partners.
as reported on ars. I think that Microsoft should be ashamed of itself, but what else is new.

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