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1. Comment - Open XML Negatively Impacting ISO Standards Body

   (Oct 24, 2007 - 11:18 AM)

   I think those who was lobbing against OpenXML before Sept.4 cannot honestly criticize new p-members for silence, as their own tactics was not to allow JTC 1 members to vote for OpenXML.
   
   At least in my country (Russia) Microsoft seemed to be a side asking Technical Committee for discussion and analyses of OpenXML, while it’s opponents were standing for not evaluating OpenXML in Technical Committee and not voting in NB. Of course, Russia is o-member, not so important. Unfortunately… But when it’s NB finally voted, mostly defending freedom of choice and technological neutrality from IBM and Microsoft marketers, it received a lot of dirty PR from such cynic guys like FFII etc.
   
   It is too obvious that both standards are developed to protect interests of Microsoft or IBM respectively. And, being honest, Microsoft has less experience in lobbing (and thus failed), but more experience in office apps. That is why IBM and Sun are not able to compete with it at stocks and need ISO to stop it. And that is why we’d defend concept of multiple standards. At least I am not sure, we can agree for only one standard (ODF 1.0) if it fails even to represent Main Law of Russia, and fails to represent all this … MS legacy... We need something more.