http://techrights.org/2008/01/23/ooxml-rejection-call/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://techrights.org/2008/01/23/ooxml-rejection-call/comment-page-1/#comment-8239 scotty Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:32:37 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/01/23/ooxml-rejection-call/#comment-8239 I have to take point with your statement that no one single company was responsible for forming the group. In fact, the open source project is simply an open-sourcing of the product that was formerly proprietary software written by a division at motorola that is now part of Emerson. The code was practically complete by the time it was released to the community. (Minus bugs, of course, and newer revisions.) So I'd have to say that it was not a case of "no single company" - it was definitely motorola/emerson driving this, likely due to other competing projects already being open-sourced prior to this. I have to take point with your statement that no one single company was responsible for forming the group. In fact, the open source project is simply an open-sourcing of the product that was formerly proprietary software written by a division at motorola that is now part of Emerson. The code was practically complete by the time it was released to the community. (Minus bugs, of course, and newer revisions.) So I’d have to say that it was not a case of “no single company” – it was definitely motorola/emerson driving this, likely due to other competing projects already being open-sourced prior to this.

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