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ISO Approves OOXML
sTeF writes in, with the hope that this is an April Fools joke. Doesn't look like it though. An article up at Intellectual Property Watch claims they have obtained a document (PDF) enumerating the vote after Microsoft's OOXML won ISO standard status.
Ye Who Code This Standard!
Do it yourself, because no one else will do it yourself. [beta blockade 10-17 Feb]
I'd let the ISO nestle it's balls in my mouth.
I have enormous balls
I've had so many clients asking if I can scrape data from their legacy lockinware. Now I can confidently say "Yes" and bill them for the 1400 hours it takes to read this spec.
Thank you MS!
My turnips listen for the soft cry of your love
> I think they mispelled bold faced fraud.
Perhaps their OOXML formatters have problems with boldface, and that's just how it rendered.
Done with slashdot, done with nerds, getting a life.
so, basically microsoft is like hillary clinton?
FOXTROT UNIFORM CHARLIE KILO
But, there is an April Fools joke today on Slashdot! It's just subtle. Check your 'Foes' list and you'll see every editor has been added to it.
Demented But Determined.
No, they misspelled bribe.
That is because Microsoft's implementation is not 100% OOXML compatible.
ISO... ISO... aren't they that defunct organization in Switzerland, the one that used to represent standards before they got into the advertising business and disappeared?
-1 Uncomfortable Truth
It's part of Microsoft's master plan to force OpenOffice to become a big, bloated, unmaintainable blob of code.
Even the KDE foundation voted for it !!!
When his defense asked, "Which computer has Jon Johansen trespassed upon?" the answer was: "His own."
omgponieslikeinoffice97 ?
Microsoft has a legitimate business interest to be seen as the leader in office document formats, and this interest is best served by participating in the ISO/IEC processes for refining and improving OOXML in good faith and with an active desire to resolve the issues that are raised.
While I am highly critical of all national standardization organization officials who have contributed to allowing Microsoft push OOXML through via the "fast track" which IMO has proved to be clearly inappropriate, I'm really getting the impression that there is a tendency of seeing Microsoft primarily as an enemy which is getting in the way of our abvility to see reality as it is. I can personally testify that at the BRM and since then, Microsoft has shown every indication of willingness for the known technical shortcomings of OOXML to be corrected, and since I believe that it is in Microsoft's best interest to continue in this direction, I currently see no reason not to believe the Microsoft people that I have been communicating with when they indicate that it is Microsoft's intention to continue with this bona-fide cooperative stance regarding OOXML.
I already had all the editors on my Foes list, you insensitive clod!
My ism, it's full of beliefs.
Yes, and people voted for Bush. The second time around.
The rules? Haven't you heard of the Golden Rule: "He who had the gold makes the rules!" This is the "new and improved" ISO, aptly described by someone at Groklaw:
I = I
S = Sold
O = Out
If you want your life to be different, live it differently.
Or perhaps bank account numbers they recognize that no longer point to a few million dollars, if you catch my drift.
The quality management systems one is ISO 9000.
You need to review your process.
- chrish