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OOXML gets ISO approval

Posted Apr 3, 2008 2:19 UTC (Thu) by jimparis (subscriber, #38647)
Parent article: OOXML gets ISO approval

I've always suspected that Microsoft is just purposely trying to confuse things and keep a
real standard from becoming commonplace.  Come on, just look at the name... My dumb brain
still thinks "OOXML" means "Open Office XML" and not "Office Open XML" every time I look at
it...

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Posted Apr 6, 2008 20:52 UTC (Sun) by hazelsct (guest, #3659) [Link]

Indeed.  I've always marveled that Sun didn't file a trademark infringement suit the moment
Microsoft announced the format name.  They got beat when they tried "Palm PC" so we have
"Pocket PC", why not here?

In that regard, it does very much matter if OOXML succeeds and ODF does not, because it
creates the very confusion that trademark law is designed to prevent.