Comments on: Document Formats Roundup: ODF Gets the Upper Hand http://techrights.org/2008/05/23/odf-moox-roundup-power-shift/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: AlexH http://techrights.org/2008/05/23/odf-moox-roundup-power-shift/comment-page-1/#comment-10629 Sat, 24 May 2008 09:26:57 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/05/23/odf-moox-roundup-power-shift/#comment-10629 Poor Patrick getting stick again.

I read the ZDNet article as saying that the OOXML complexity was about having a single version of Office potentially reading two different formats, and how they would handle the upgrade, not that the changes for OOXML were so complex they had to punt them.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2008/05/23/odf-moox-roundup-power-shift/comment-page-1/#comment-10621 Sat, 24 May 2008 06:03:11 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/05/23/odf-moox-roundup-power-shift/#comment-10621 I’m not so sure about it because while it’s a defeat, Microsoft could try to snatch a victory and turn the situation to its own advantage from inside the Committee. Remember Patrick Durusau? Watch this photo:

http://adjb.net/index.php?entry=entry080409-221633

]]> By: Yuhong Bao http://techrights.org/2008/05/23/odf-moox-roundup-power-shift/comment-page-1/#comment-10614 Sat, 24 May 2008 05:33:09 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/05/23/odf-moox-roundup-power-shift/#comment-10614 In fact, MS is admitting defeat for OOXML by adding ODF support to Office 2007.

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