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Opera CTO Hits Back at Microsoft's Standards Push

Posted by Zonk on from the going-to-make-the-nighly-news dept.

Michael writes "Opera CTO Håkon Wium Lie hit back today at Microsoft's push to fast track Office Open XML into an ISO standard, in a blistering article on CNET. He also took a swipe at Open Document Format: 'I'm no fan of either specification. Both are basically memory dumps with angle brackets around them. If forced to choose one, I'd pick the 700-page specification (ODF) over the 6,000-page specification (OOXML). But I think there is a better way.' The better way being the existing universally understood standards of HTML and CSS. Putting this to the test, Håkon has published a book using HTML and CSS."

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  1. Yes. Well... by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 2, Funny

    Opera CTO Håkon Wium Lie sort of "bitch slapped" a picture of Bill Gates and splashed some white wine around...

    Ok... Cheese, anyone?

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  2. huh? by User+956 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Putting this to the test, Håkon has published a book using HTML and CSS.

    Uhm. I'm no expert, but isn't a book that uses HTML and CSS called a website?

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  3. Borat's here by cntlzed · · Score: 1, Funny

    FTA: Kazakhstan recently joined the relevant ISO group.

    OMG, Borat is teaming up with Steve Ballmer to spew out 6000 page docs!! Run for cover!

  4. How come? by ShaunC · · Score: 5, Funny

    If forced to choose one, I'd pick the 700-page specification (ODF) over the 6,000-page specification (OOXML).
    So I'd ask Håkon, "how come?" :)
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  5. Re:Is it mature enough? by MrNaz · · Score: 4, Funny

    You mean you display tabular data *without* tables? Dude, you missed the point in a big way. Like say for example Andre Agassi was serving a tennis ball at you, by "missed" I mean he was serving the ball on a court in California while you were standing waiting to receive on a court in Florida.

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  6. Re:fsck'n ugly by TheoMurpse · · Score: 2, Funny

    Looks to me like Opera has only one tool: a hammer (or is that a web browser?)
    Actually, I think it's a high-pitched voice capable of shattering glass.