On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 23:44, Gary Copcutt wrote: > Because - my understanding is that the specification for docx released by MS > is so big it will take a team of 6 to convert OpenOffice or any other > document create/read app to get it right and keep it maintained. This is not > going to happen in any short time frame.
The issue with ISO/IEC 29500:2008 is not its size, but with the fact that it is incomplete, and self-contradictory. (With 7 228 pages and an additional 8K+ pages for "corrections", it sounds odd to suggest that it is incomplete, but with over 1500 crucial terms undefined within the document, or elsewhere in the computer literature, it is incomplete.) If the claim is that no currently distributed software implements ISO/EIC 2950:2008, and as such, discussion of that standard is irrelevant, and the focus is purely on MSO 2007, I'll just point out that the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has ruled for a permanent injunction prohibiting Microsoft from selling, or importing Microsoft Word 2003, or later into the United States, or distributing those products, effective October 2009. (Hmm, nice timing. The Halloween Documents are a nice irony here.) Whilst the united states is not the world, a prohibition on selling MSO in the united states means that microsoft loses between a quarter and half of its gross, worldwide revenue. And that hastens the conversion of microsoft into a pure patent troll company. Henri wrote: >Naturally enough, given the depth of Microsoft's pockets, the case is far from >over I'll just point out that Microsoft's current record in appeals court has accomplished the opposite of what Microsoft was wanting --- and in at least two instances resulted in fines greater than that which was originally imposed on them. jonathon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
