The Ecma is now advertizing the major changes they’re proposing through their answers and that does indeed sound good. I and others would even like to congratulate them if it weren’t for the complete opacity of the process and the fact that, despite what the Ecma and Microsoft claim, many of us, …
Sad farewell letter from Mr. Martin Bryan, now former convenor of the WG1 of the JTC-1 SC 34 (the ISO group working on OOXML and ODF). Alan Lord published it in extenso for fear that it would not stay long online, and since it’s rather short, I’ll publish as well …
So now Brian Jones is all about explaining the infamous conspiracy’s plans to portray the distribution of the Ecma answers as being closed and locked up by MS. That’s not how I understand it. The problem here is that there seems to be some attention paid at veiling the information …
A quite interesting thread in the comments on my latest piece. Who got the point? Well, that’s the trick:I have the feeling we’re still talking about different things. And the discussion is raging on, so let’s just hope it will remain polite. Mac Upgrade: Leopard is shaky and eats up …
Recently the Ecma announced that they would be posting their first set of answers to the comments made by the national standardization committees on OOXML. The Ecma claims this first set covers about 19% of the comments. While I appreciate the reactivity of the Ecma in these matters, I can’t …
ﾠ Today I’m in London attending the OpenSource Summit and listening to Bruce Perens. I landed yesterday evening in London under a violent storm that caused the plane to be very shaky (it will be interesting to fly back this evening). Being shaken up and down and back and forth …
Lots of interesting things happened these last days, and I was slow to catch up with them. A few of my highlights below: Rob Weir from IBM talks about the upcoming OpenDocument Format 1.2 and that’s what will shut the mouth of lots of OOXML minions. I’ve had enough of …
One much advertised part of the answer made by the Afnorwas the proposal to merge OOXML and ODF. I always thought that it was a great idea, because it sounds to me as a realistic way out to settle the dual standards conundrum. This concrete solution is also workable in …
So the world voted against MS OOXML. (No more OpenXML, please. Masks have falled down now.) The question that is worth asking now is threefold. Should the ISO accept to continue the OOXML standardization, through the process called the Ballot Resolution Meeting, considering the factual evidences of bribery, pressure, and …