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Posted in Europe, IBM, Microsoft, Open XML, OpenDocument, Standard at 4:41 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Amid the fight against open standards, ODF 1.2 is coming and Microsoft is accused of “lying” about OOXML
GLYN Moody has published this additive post about EIF; check it out.
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about what looked like a troubling move away from openness on the part of the European Union. Claims that the leaked European Interoperability Framework wasn’t really a draft of version 2 were pretty unconvincing, and I have heard a rumour that the people involved may be starting to backpedal in the face of the outcry. So clearly there’s some confusion about what’s really happening in Europe in the area of openness.
IBM is the latest party to complain about what companies like Microsoft and/or their lobbyists did to EIF (other complaining parties were mentioned in [1, 2, 3, 4). At the time of proposals, IBM executives urged citizens to enter the arena and make submissions. Such action — they believed — would be beneficial to ODF, whose latest version is almost here. Rob Weir (IBM) writes:
=> the latest party to complain about what companies like Microsoft and/or their lobbyists did to EIF | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ↺ almost here
A major milestone for ODF 1.2 was reached on Friday. Part 3 of ODF 1.2, which specifies document packaging (how a document’s XML, images and metadata are combined into a single file and are optionally encrypted or signed), went out for a 60-day public review period. This public review period will run through January 12th, 2010. A public review is a necessary OASIS procedure before a Committee Draft can be approved as a Committee Specification and then as an OASIS Standard.
ODF is fortunately gaining ground in Denmark and following the OOXML corruptions we find Microsoft slammed by chair of the Danish Standards Committee:
=> gaining ground in Denmark | ↺ OOXML corruptions | ↺ Microsoft slammed by chair of the Danish Standards Committee
DK: Chair of Denmark’s standards committee: ‘Microsoft is lying’Mogens Kühn Pedersen, chair of the Danish Standards Committee, says Microsoft is lying when it says it will implement ISO OOXML in the next version of its suite of office applications.On Saturday Pedersen accused the software vendor of lying, in an article by the Danish news site Business.dk, part of the newspaper Berlingske Tidene. Pedersen, professor of Informatics at the Copenhagen Business School, on Monday afternoon confirmed his statement: “I realise these are blunt remarks to make as chair of the committee, but when you advise the government you have to tell the truth.”
For background on what Microsoft did in Denmark (for OOXML and against ODF), see:
The Microsoft OOXML ‘Corruption Train’ Reaches Denmark (Updatedx2)OpenDocument Takes One Giant Leap, One Step BackwardsOOXML Watch: Sweden’s OOXML Fiasco Representative of the Norm?Today is the Day — The Day the World Will Learn That Crime PaysOOXML in Norway, Denmark, and Poland… Looking More Closely at the Stories (Updated)ODF and OOXML in DenmarkQuick Mention: Summary of Microsoft OOXML Manipulation and Ballot-stuffingHow Microsoft ‘Bought’ Nicolas Sarkozy, France, and Parts of EuropeSoftware Patents and ColombiaMicrosoft Stacks the Danish Panel TooMore About OOXML in Denmark, Jesper StocholmOOXML-style Stacking Against the Web, Denmark OOXML Complaint Filed (Updated)Another Official Complaint Against Microsoft/OOXML: Denmark’s TurnGermany and Denmark Show Signs of Endorsement of Appeals, Complaints Against ISO OOXMLVenezuela Appeals ISO Decision on OOXML (Denmark Reportedly Also)Another Backlash Against Microsoft in Denmark; Anger Over Microsoft Office Lock-inReminder of What Microsoft Did in Denmark and What It’s Up to Now
Is OOXML off the menu in Denmark yet? █
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