[Wylug-discuss] Why Office Document Standardisation Matters to *Everyone*

[David Holden]

Nice clear headed view from Kurt Cagle:-

http://www.oreillynet.com/xml/blog/2007/02/watching_the_odf_ooxml_debate.html?CMP=OTC-TY3388567169&ATT=Watching+the+ODF-OOXML+Debate


"The central crux of the current debate is, and should be, whether Microsoft’s 
OOXML does in fact represent a standard that is conceivably implementable by 
anyone outside of Microsoft (for instance, whether it is a standard that can 
be implemented cleanly on Linux or the Macintosh without the specific 
inclusion of Microsoft specific technologies on these platforms) or if it is 
instead simply the last gasp of a vendor trying to keep their product from 
becoming irrelevant in the long term."


Dave.


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Dr. David Holden.

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