The quotes page is now a public wiki...although nobody knows about it yet. https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Architects_on_OOXML
I'll continue to update the page as quotes come in. This is yet another chance for you to receive fame, glory, and a chance to be heard. Cheers, John On Sun, 2007-08-26 at 23:05 -0700, John Cherry wrote: > Those of us at the Linux Foundation are working to reject Microsoft's > bid to win ISO ratification for their DIS 29500 (OOXML) specification > for office document file formats. The world already has an ISO standard > for this problem and it's ODF or ISO 26300. The JTC1 5 month ballot > period closes September 2nd. > > With September 2nd looming, the Linux Foundation is going to come out > with a "formal" statement on Tuesday. I realize that there have been > document format wars raging in the blogs and the press for months, but I > thought it would be a nice touch to the LF position statement if we > could augment the statement with comments from the community of desktop > architects (you guys). > > I am constructing a "quotes page" for specific comments from the desktop > architects. I will either pick these quotes up from the list here or > you can send them to me directly. If you post a short position > statement of your own, there is a possibility that we will use it in the > LF position statement as well, so please don't send anything to me that > you don't want to have quoted. All quotes on the "quotes page" must be > attributed to somebody (nothing anonymous). > > Please keep your comments short (three or four concise sentences). The > objective is not to argue the case, but to publish the views of a > variety of _heavyweights_ in the desktop development community. > > Sorry for the short notice, but the LF announcement will be going out on > Tuesday evening, so we have about 48 hours to put this thing together. > > John > > > _______________________________________________ > Desktop_architects mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects _______________________________________________ Desktop_architects mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects
