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OOXML approved as an ISO standardOOXML approved as an ISO standardPosted Apr 2, 2008 14:17 UTC (Wed) by purslow (guest, #8716)In reply to: OOXML approved as an ISO standard by rfunk Parent article: OOXML approved as an ISO standard
Exactly ! Microsoft can now be required under international law to comply with the ISO standard & to publish all the material needed to allow others to comply with it. The company can no longer hide behind the self-serving US legal system & a compliant US Congress. Free-software developers & users everywhere -- incl in the USA -- can use the new international standard to force Microsoft into line. Perhaps this is difficult for those who live in the USA to understand, but those of us who don't should have no problem seizing the opportunity.
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OOXML approved as an ISO standard Posted Apr 2, 2008 14:42 UTC (Wed) by jamesh (subscriber, #1159) [Link] It isn't actually illegal not to follow an ISO standard. If it was, then Microsoft would have had to implement ODF :)
OOXML approved as an ISO standard Posted Apr 2, 2008 15:51 UTC (Wed) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link] If Microsoft wins a contract because it claims compliance with the OOXML ISO standard, then it can be punished if it fails to comply with the standard. So the ISO blessing is a double-edged sword for MSFT.
OOXML approved as an ISO standard Posted Apr 2, 2008 16:41 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] Yeah, the way it was punished when Windows NT failed to actually conform to the POSIX standard. (Er, wait...)
OOXML approved as an ISO standard Posted Apr 2, 2008 17:55 UTC (Wed) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link] Mmmm... point taken. Microsoft is probably under a bit more scrutiny nowadays. But still, ISO's credibility is completely shot now.
OOXML approved as an ISO standard Posted Apr 2, 2008 19:22 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] In the computing field, sure. But except for a few language specs ISO has never really been especially important there, has it? The field prefers other methods (such as de facto standards, from icky Office up to, say, major scripting languages, many of which have only one implementation but are widely used nonetheless).
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