OpenOffice.org releases 3.0, faces new challenges [LWN.net]

OpenOffice.org releases 3.0, faces new challenges

Posted Oct 16, 2008 12:00 UTC (Thu) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454)
In reply to: OpenOffice.org releases 3.0, faces new challenges by AlexHudson
Parent article: OpenOffice.org releases 3.0, faces new challenges

> I'm not sure why OOXML is listed as a contentious issue.

Because Novell's support of "OOXML" relies evily on .Net and MS-sponsored software.

OOXML in sun-ooo is reverse engineering of Office 2008 format. OOXML in go-oo relies on MS co-operation and indeed some Novell people have been pushing OOXML through the whole iso standardisation trainwreak.

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OpenOffice.org releases 3.0, faces new challenges

Posted Oct 28, 2008 15:59 UTC (Tue) by pboddie (subscriber, #50784) [Link]

Because Novell's support of "OOXML" relies evily on .Net and MS-sponsored software.

Bingo! Novell as an independent entity would probably be on our side in many respects - they don't appear to have threatened people with patents, nor argued for software patentability - but the problem many people now have with Novell is that they aren't acting like an independent entity any more. By choosing their roadmap, you end up signing up for a Microsoft agenda: .NET, OOXML, dodgy specifications, ballot-stuffing, selective indemnity, and so on. That's why people are so uneasy about the Novell connection in any given project.