Comments on: Microsoft Fragments ODF While Trying to Paint it as “IBM Thing”

By: LinuxN00b

LinuxN00b — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:25:42 +0000

Looks like Toms Hardware Germany is not even capable of telling the difference between ooxml and odf iso standard :

http://www.tomshardware.com/de/OOXML-ODF-Open-Office-Microsoft-Office-2007,news-242910.html

They are surely going downhill fast.

By: Stephane Rodriguez

Stephane Rodriguez — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:18:34 +0000

By accurate view, I meant the bigger picture. It is clear that Microsoft is not writing to a ODF compatible file format, but to a format of their own, whose resulting files they insist in naming with an ending .odf. They do this to make sure that their product remains the one-stop place for anything related to office files, fragmenting real ODF files along the way. There are interesting things to point out here without having to go down to the file format details at the character level!

(where specifically even ODF contributors have been vocal in the past to point the flaws)

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:03:34 +0000

Stephane,

Can you be specific? I’m genuinely interested in clarifications because I know Microsoft’s spin on this.

By: c_day

c_day — Sun, 10 May 2009 13:30:40 +0000

Stephane,

I’m not sure what you mean by “an accurate view of what Microsoft is doing”, but there is a HUGE amount of documentation available regarding Microsoft’s odious behavior against the ODF standard. If Rob Weir’s detailed coverage isn’t enough for you, there’s also Groklaw, and Andy Updegrove’s blog.

Microsoft’s “ridicule”? Who cares? Ridicule just seems to be the last defense of a company that couldn’t get its way without bullying and bribing. Sad, really…don’t you think?

By: Stephane Rodriguez

Stephane Rodriguez — Sat, 09 May 2009 18:20:17 +0000

Actually none of the articles provide an accurate view of what Microsoft is doing with ODF. And by doing so are giving Microsoft ways to ridicule the situation even further.