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  1. Comment - Microsoft's Interop Chief: People Should Choose Their Own Standards

    (Jun 17, 2007 - 1:45 PM)

    I've made my comment on this matter here:

    http://www.betanews.com/...mong_Formats/1181922127

    If OXML built on the ODF standard as a foundation rather than presented itself as an alternative, then perhaps we could go somewhere on this.

    Since it creates an alternative proprietary route, we can't.

    Hopefully ISO will not ratify OXML as a standard.

  2. Comment - Microsoft Will Support ODF If It Doesn't 'Restrict Choice Among Formats'

    (Jun 17, 2007 - 12:34 AM)

    It is relatively simple.

    An "Open Standard" is one that EVERYBODY can use - to edit a document, put in special effects, Format, Save, Open, Append to, etc. - and ensure the document can be viewed and amended by other users without requiring conversion tools or losing any of the original structure or content (unless deleted, of course).

    An "Open Standard" Document OBVIOUSLY needs to exist as an Object independent of the tool which is used to create, view, amend etc.

    ODF would seem to fit that criteria whereas Open XML appears to require proprietary Microsoft tools for the viewing or amendment of the original.

    If Microsoft wishes interoperability with THE "Open Standard" then the neatest solution is for Microsoft to provide functionality within it's own packages that allows a Microsoft user to create using the full "power" of it's proprietary OXML while subsequently allowing writing to the ISO-ratified ODF Open Standard.

    The object of that yet-to-be Microsoft-implemented functionality within it's own packages, to ensure that an author using a Microsoft tool to publish a document has the widest possible audience.

    The author/collaborator is likely to be unconcerned about the tool used to view/amend his/her work - and to be more concerned that it is viewed/amended as he/she originally intended and so that he/she can read it again.

    OXML ties the observer to Microsoft viewing and edit tools.

    ODF does not.

    Therein lies Microsoft's vexation.