534 posts tagged OOXML
SubscribePlease Welcome Digistan
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Happy 2nd. birthday, Open Malaysia blog!
http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/ 2008/ 05/ happy-2nd-birth.htmlMay 17, 2008 is Open Malaysia blog's 2nd. birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! The first post 2 years ago declared. "This is a blog about openness, saying that the changing times call for innovation through open collaboration." ODF, open standards and open source were what we championed then and what we still champion today.
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Reaction from Parliament ...
http://lodahl.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ reaction-from-parliament.htmlReaction from Parliament ... Members of the parliament are angry that they didn't know about the total split in the Technical Committee under Danish Standards. Several Danish IT policy rapporteurs are surprised that the OOXML Committee with Danish Standard has been totally divided.
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Call to support free and open standards
http://www.tectonic.co.za/ 2417/ call-to-support-free-and-open-standards/The Digital Standards Organization (Digistan) and its supporters are calling on governments around the globe to use only free and open standards. The organisation, which was set up to defend and promote open digital standards, plans to adopt the Hague Declaration on May 21.
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“Paranoid linux geek” explains OOXML
http://spinstah.net/ blog/ 2008/ 05/ paranoid-linux-geek-explains-ooxml/Tenth (aka Quincy Dave aka the guy who brought the Wii to my going-away party) recently posted an excellent take on the OOXML “standard,” and I wanted to share. His explanation as to why it’s terrible is informed, well-written and snarky to boot.
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Municipal of Aarhus post a complaint to DS
http://lodahl.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ municipal-of-aarhus-post-complaint-to.htmlMunicipal of Aarhus post a complaint to DS The city of Aarhus has posted an official complaint to Danish Standards regarding the result of the Danish YES-vote. The complaint is regarding the fact that *all* non-profit votes in Denmark asked for a NO. Only commercial pro-Microsoft participants voted YES.
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Where’s the final OOXML specification?
http://www.sutor.com/ newsite/ blog-open/ ?p=2280We’ve heard from folks that the final post-Ballot Resolution Meeting version of OOXML has still not been made available to national standards bodies. This would be the updated 6000+ page document that included all the edits voted on at the BRM.
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A Blog Rant from Absurdistan
http://www.softwarefree.org/ a_blog_rant_from_absurdistanOne of the great things about the blogosphere is the scope it provides for the unfettered rant – a piece where the author is totally and utterly out of his or her pram. I should know: as a blogger, I've penned a few myself.
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A Blog Rant from Absurdistan
http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ blog-rant-from-absurdistan.htmlOne of the great things about the blogosphere is the scope it provides for the unfettered rant – a piece where the author is totally and utterly out of his or her pram. I should know: as a blogger, I've penned a few myself.
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Louis Suarez-Potts: OOXML Has Zero Effect On ODF
http://www.fsdaily.com/ Legal/ Louis_Suarez_Potts_OOXML_Has_Zero_Effect_On_ODFLouis Suarez-Potts: OOXML Has Zero Effect On ODF http://www.efytimes.com – ODF as a default format was first adopted by OpenOffice.org (OOo). Naturally, when OOXML’s approval cast a doubt on ODF, we sought reactions of the OOo team, on how they viewed the future of OOo, ODF and OOXML.
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The standard that was not and the Hague Declaration
http://standardsandfreedom.net/ index.php/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ the-standard-that-was-n…We are on the 14 th of May and OOXML is an ISO standard. Slight problem: there is no known specification or definitive draft of that ISO standard. To be sure, we know what the first version of Ecma 376 looks like, and we know it pretty well, although it’s 6000 pages long.