● 09.04.07

●● It’s Final and Official: ODF is the Only ISO Standard (Updated)

Posted in Europe, ISO, Microsoft, Open XML, OpenDocument at 6:10 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

So there you have it. Bribery, corruption, and deception do not always pay off.

It is a good day for ODF. Many thanks to Pam, Rob, Bob, Andy, Pieter, and many thousands of others who actively fought against the approval of proprietary formats as a standard, i.e. making a monopoly legitimate.

Meanwhile, Groklaw has this mind-boggling piece.

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If you read French, here is AFNOR’s very intriguing suggestion, that OOXML and ODF merge.

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Update: watch the comments. We were urged to clarify that ODF remains the only ISO standard of this kind for the time being. The only thing here which is final is the decision made at this stage. This needed clarification because of disinformation (caused by a horrible press release from Microsoft).

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