On September 2, the comment and voting period will close on ISO/IEC DIS 29500, the draft specification based upon Microsoft’s Office Open XML formats (OOXML). The Linux Foundation (LF) has received questions from outside its membership regarding its position on adoption of OOXML in its current form as a global standard. In summary, the Linux Foundation calls upon those National Bodies that have not yet cast their votes to vote “No, with comments.” Those comments should reflect your best, neutral, technical judgment, based upon OOXML in its current form. Only by doing so, we believe, can both the future availability of documents and the integrity of the standard setting process be assured.
The Linux Foundation statement on OOXML: http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/amanda/2007/08/29/linux-foundation-statement-on-ooxml/ My blog: http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/cherry/2007/08/29/ooxml-vote-no-with-comments/ The Desktop Architects speak out on OOXML: https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Architects_on_OOXML The OOXML draft is lengthy with insufficient time to adequately review the content. Hundreds of issues have been raised, some are minor, but many are not. Proprietary specifications are referenced, violating OSO/IEC rules and bringing up questions about intellectual property rights. OOXML is specific to both current and legacy Microsoft Office products. A standard such as this should be neutral to all operating systems, office products, and document management and analysis tools. Just vote NO, with comments. John Cherry ----------- Linux Foundation Desktop Linux Working Group Desktop Architects _______________________________________________ Desktop_architects mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects
