OOXML gets ISO approval [LWN.net]

OOXML gets ISO approval

Posted Apr 3, 2008 2:34 UTC (Thu) by jmorris42 (subscriber, #2203)
Parent article: OOXML gets ISO approval

> But, if we end up with a truly open standard, free of patent nonsense, and
> implementable by all, it doesn't really matter whether it is OOXML or ODF.

No, it would still be bad.  Would you rather have a 6,000 page tome sitting on your desk or
the ODF spec.  Now that OOXML has won the day we will all be paying the price for
standardizing the world's documents on such an unwieldy standard for decades to come.

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OOXML gets ISO approval

Posted Apr 3, 2008 5:25 UTC (Thu) by eru (subscriber, #2753) [Link]

No to mention that most office software implementors will find it necessary to support both standards (except MS who will now have no reason at all to implement ODF), complicating office software needlessly.