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Brazil Appeals OOXML Decision

Posted by timothy on from the this-space-reserved-for-obscure-xml dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Brazil is now appealing the ISO's decision to standardize OOXML, following South Africa's lead. Interestingly, part of the reason this took so long was that Microsoft supporters at the meetings kept asking for delays because they 'weren't prepared' to discuss the issues raised. And the ISO as a whole is moving rather slowly, after that delay in releasing the DIS. But at least the ISO is also rewriting the directives in a special working group so this doesn't happen again. Of course, they'd have to be strict about making sure the directives are followed for it to help."

3 of 129 comments (clear)

  1. Re:It won't matter. by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...the worst possible combination of attributes for a governing body to have

    What about making errors quickly and not fixing problems at all? (see Bush, GW)

  2. Re:first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Everything SFLC complains about applies just as well to the patent licenses from IBM and Sun that cover ODF.

  3. Re:first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yes, and everything they say about the OOXML licenses applies to the ODF licenses. Hence, either they are wrong now when they say OOXML is not compatible with GPL, or they were wrong when they said the ODF licenses were compatible.