>
> Apparently we voted no to OpenXML getting it's ISO certification, here is
> the link
>
http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/NZ-rejects-Microsoft-OOXML-Sweden-confused/0,339028227,339281682,00.htm
Den 30. aug. 2007 kl. 19.14 skrev Eliot Blennerhassett:
Steve Holdoway wrote:
Can anyone send me a scan? I'm nowhere near a paper shop. I feel
the need to reply.
Belatedly, for the record in this thread (As posted on NZLUG)
http://it.gen.nz/ooxml/msnzopenletter.pdf
Here is more news on OOX
Steve Holdoway wrote:
> Can anyone send me a scan? I'm nowhere near a paper shop. I feel the need to
> reply.
Belatedly, for the record in this thread (As posted on NZLUG)
http://it.gen.nz/ooxml/msnzopenletter.pdf
Folks might care to read:
http://www.standards.org.nz/news-and-seminars/current-news/New+Zealand+casts+Open+XML+vote.htm
and afterwards be in a celebratory mood.
--
Sincerely etc.
Christopher Sawtell
."
Ah, transparency...
- Original Message -
From: Vik Olliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Microsoft letter todays Christchurch Press re Open XML
> On Wed, 2007-08-29 Zane Gilmore wrote:
> > MS claim that OOXML will: Protect our heritage, Provide choice, Secu
On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 15:19 +1200, Zane Gilmore wrote:
> The letter in the Press today seems incredible.
> MS claim that OOXML will:
> Protect our heritage
> Provide choice
> Secure our future
> Foster innovation
http://holloway.co.nz/sincerity-generator/
Vik :v)
A real eye-opener is this one:
http://www.arstdesign.com/articles/DefectiveByDesign.htm
http://ooxmlisdefectivebydesign.blogspot.com/
Note the interesting detail about just how _unified_ the Microsoft Office team
is ... Word, Excel and Powerpoint use different text formatting markups plus
the sh
Carl Cerecke wrote:
On second reading, they have been extremely careful in their choice of
words. About the only firm contestable statement they make as fact is
"Supporting Open XML as an ISO standard is a good thing for New
Zealand". The rest of the statements are either trivially true, or "We
b
The NZ Open Source Society has been fighting this stuff for a while.
Initially MS tried to patent the formats spoken about in that open letter.
There are a few good sites detailing the falsity of Microsoft's claims
e.g. http://ooxmlisdefectivebydesign.blogspot.com/
and
http://blogs.sun.com/korn/
On second reading, they have been extremely careful in their choice of
words. About the only firm contestable statement they make as fact is
"Supporting Open XML as an ISO standard is a good thing for New
Zealand". The rest of the statements are either trivially true, or "We
believe"/"We urge" driv
I read an interesting article on kind of related to this yesterday in LXF...
The upshot is that when you buy Vista with the M$ office trial the option to
save in anything other than Office XML (DOCX?) is disabled. Likewise you
can't copy the text in said document and paste it into another document
I've read it. I'm pretty sure it contravenes something on:
http://www.asa.co.nz/code_ethics.php
Make a difference here:
http://www.asa.co.nz/complaint_form.php
So. Who is going to torture themselves by transcribing it for those
who don't get the paper?
Cheers,
Carl.
On 29/08/07, Ross Drummond
Sorry, at it again. Searching for anything relevant finds
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4182703a28.html
Critics urge rejection of Microsoft "open" format
on reuters. Maybe the two are related?
Steve
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:06:42 +1200
Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Aug 2007
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:45:09 +1200
Ross Drummond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was intrigued to find an open letter from Microsoft addressed "To all New
> Zealanders" on page C5 of todays Christchurch Press.
>
> It urges Standards New Zealand to support the ISO ratification of Open XML
> stan
I was intrigued to find an open letter from Microsoft addressed "To all New
Zealanders" on page C5 of todays Christchurch Press.
It urges Standards New Zealand to support the ISO ratification of Open XML
standard.
Cheers Ross Drummond
I note from the letter that Microsoft's Christchurch offic
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