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IBM Slams Microsoft, Calls OOXML "Inferior"

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the yer-mama's-ugly-too dept.

cristarol sends word that Microsoft's accusation, that IBM has sabotaged Redmond's attempts to have the Office OpenXML format approved by the ISO, has drawn a heated response from IBM. Ars Technica has the story. "'IBM believes that there is a revolution occurring in the IT industry, and that smart people around the world are demanding truly open standards developed in a collaborative, democratic way for the betterment of all,' IBM VP of standards and OSS Bob Sutor told Ars. 'If "business as usual" means trying to foist a rushed, technically inferior and product-specific piece of work like OOXML on the IT industry, we're proud to stand with the tens of countries and thousands of individuals who are willing to fight against such bad behavior.'"

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  1. Battle of giants by siyavash · · Score: 4, Funny

    One big corporation bashing another... Get your popcorns and watch the show. Personally, I prefer Godzilla... yyyyyiii... *sound of Godzilla*

    1. Re:Battle of giants by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Godzilla throws chairs?

    2. Re:Battle of giants by thePowerOfGrayskull · · Score: 2, Funny

      Godzilla throws chairs? Godzilla throws whatever he damned well pleases.
  2. How do you pronounce OOXML? by Edie+O'Teditor · · Score: 0, Funny

    Has anyone else wondered? is it oh-oh-ecks-emm-ell? Or Uxamul (rhymes with "sucks a mule")?

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    1. Re:How do you pronounce OOXML? by somersault · · Score: 2, Funny

      I hope Microsoft's Windows' frames are made of oak..

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      which is totally what she said
  3. Misread that by o'reor · · Score: 3, Funny
    Quoth IBM:

    'If "business as usual" means trying to foist a rushed, technically inferior and product-specific piece of work like OOXML on the IT industry,
    I actually saw "piece of work" written but I read "piece of s**t" instead. Is it time for me to see a doctor ?
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  4. Re:we've come a long way by somersault · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yep, it's like mama always said - don't put arsenic in your pies or your customers won't be very happy.

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    which is totally what she said
  5. Translation: by WK2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Let's be very clear," Jean Paoli, Microsoft's senior director of XML technology, told ZDNet. "It has been fostered by a single company--IBM. If it was not for IBM, it would have been business as usual for this standard."

    Translation: "We would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for that pesky megacorp!"

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  6. Re:we've come a long way by lysse · · Score: 2, Funny

    One wonders if Microsoft officials do not recognize their own organization as a "single company".

    Hey, they paid good money to not be the only company supporting OOXML!
  7. Marketing joke by Hognoxious · · Score: 3, Funny

    Q: What's the difference between a mainframe and a high-capacity, legacy-compatible application server?

    A: About fifty grand.

    I'm here all week, try the Hawaian salad.

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