Chad Smith wrote:
It's not a standard yet. Neither is MOOX.
OASIS is a recognized open standards body. ISO recognizes it, and it
even has "fast track" status with ISO.
In addition, OpenDocument was
submitted to the International Standards Organisation (ISO) on 30
September 2005 for ratification.
But not this one. OASIS approval is far from ISO approval. And being
submitted to ISO doesn't mean it's going to be accepted.
You don't agree with the statement that it was submitted on 30 September?
The fact that it's
almost 2 months later, and still no word on ISO ratifying it should be
evidence enough to prove that.
ISO approval is not quick. OASIS took 5 years to make and ratify the
format. The "fast track" process takes easily 8 months. If Microsoft's
submission to ECMA goes perfectly, it will take them 18 months to reach
the stage where OpenDocument was 2 months ago. We are, at least, 20
months ahead.
The fact the MS is pushing MOOX will probably give
it an advantage with ISO,
If ISO beds to monopilists, that would be sad. I hope it doesn't happen.
People are scared that MS is going to "do something" to MOOX to make it
non-compatible with other programs.
Yes.
I don't see how that's possible if it's
an open format standardized by ISO.
Microsoft is very clever. It wouldn't shock me if they came up with a
way to do that. They shouldn't be underestimated.
Cheers,
Daniel.
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