Kawan2 Milis Yth,
Menarik sekali debat sengit soal Penetapan OOXML (Open Office XML)sebagai
Standard ISO, menandingi standar ODF (Open Document Format) yang telah cukup
lama dan secara luas dipakai Masyarakat Internasional.
OOXML adalah usulan Standar ISO dari Microsoft untuk penyimpanan dokumen
elektronik, yang berbeda dengan Standar ISO ODF yang telah lama dipakai
Masyarakat dunia. File-file yang disimpan dalam Format OOXML menjadi tidak
kompatibel dengan file-file binary yang biasa disimpan dalam format ODF.
Contohnya adalah format MS Office 97-2003 .DOC kompatibel dengan format .ODT
dari Open Office (Open Source Software).
Sedangkan Format Baru MS Office 2007 berbasis OOXML dengan File Extension
.DOCX tidak kompatibel dengan Format Binary .ODT, dan harus ada proses
translasi yang sulit. Software MS Office 97-2003 pun tidak bisa membuka File
MS Office 2007 dengan file extension DOCX tersebut. Cukup aneh, mengapa
sama-sama dari MS Office tidak saling bisa dibuka! Tentu ada strategi bisnis
mereka tertentu. Silahkan Anda sekalian memikirkannya.
Proses penetapaon OOXML sebagai Standar ISO yang ber-larut-larut ini
disebabkan adanya kejanggalan-kejanggalan dalam proses ini, ketidak-biasaan,
sebagaimana diungkapkan dalam Tanggapan yang terlampir dibawah ini, oleh
masyarakat yang peduli akan Standar Internasional.
Tangapan-tanggapan ini muncul setelah ada sebuah artikel dari Rob Enderle,
seorang Konsultan Teknologi dengan artikelnya yang berjudul: " Would It
Matter if Microsoft Didnt Cheat with OOXML Approval?" di URL:
http://www.itbusinessedge.com/
Masyarakat meng-kritik Rob Enderle secara pedas, karena Ia dikenal sebagai
konsultan yang selalu memihak Software Proprietary dengan komentarnya antara
lain:
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Enderle has been critical of Apple Computer and Linux, as well as Unix and
the open source/free software movements in general. In particular, he has
described Linux as a free-software scam,[2] and he has compared some Linux
advocates to terrorists, predicting that one of them or perhaps a group
of them will go too far at some point and do significant damage to the
open-source movement, the ongoing litigation with SCO or their
employers.[3] Nevertheless, Enderle was a featured speaker at the Desktop
Linux Summit 2006.
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Berikut ini adalah daftar kejanggalan-kejanggalan dalam proses Penetapan
OOXML sebagai Standar ISO baru, sbb:
1. Banyak negara-negara baru yang biasanya tidak ikut2an Voting di ISO
mendadak jadi membela OOXML.
2. Ada kejanggalan-kejanggalan dalam Voting Standar ISO ditingkat Nasional
di Swedia, Norwegia, Polandia, Jerman dan Perancis, sehingga karena
dead-lock, mereka akhirnya memilih Abstain!
3. Kejanggalan-kejanggalan proses Voting lainnya yang mencurigakan,
sebagaimana diuraikan terlampir.
Kami tidak tahu/tidak pernah ikut serta dalam Proses Voting di Tingkat
Nasional Indonesia. Oleh karena itu kami harapkan ada yang dapat menjelaskan
bagaimana proses itu terjadi di Indonesia, dan apakah Posisi Indonesia saat
ini untuk Voting Usulan Standar baru OOXML ini. Kami harapkan ada yang dapat
memberikan penjelasan secara transparan bagi masyarakat Indonesia pada
umumnya, sebab pilihan penetapan Standar ISO ini akan sangat berpengaruh
secara teknis dan ekonomis bagai masyarakat Indonesia. Contohnya, bila
standar yang dipilih adalah standar yang tidak kompatibel dengan Standar ISO
yang ada, dampaknya bisa menambah Investasi baru Software tertentu untuk
bisa membuka File baru tersebut.
Silahkan kawan-kawan memberikan tanggapan, penjelasan atau saran-saran yang
positif bagi kemajuan bangsa dan negara.
Wassalam,
S Roestam
-----------------TANGGAPAN USUL STANDAR OOXML DARI LUAR
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# Comment by Andy April 3, 2008 at 2:45 pm
People are smart. When you breach the rules people shout. The government
investigation has little significance. It is always difficult to prove
corruption without raids and I guess that no real criminal corruption was
involved. Just that the ISO process was compromised. A social contract was
broken.
If the people deciding have no more connection to the facts than the folks
rendering their opinions on OOXML, we are either all dead or on a path to
another Dark Ages.
People are smart. People remember. People fight back.
# Comment by Michael April 3, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Hello? There is more evidence of impropriety in the current vote that you
didnt mention.
You forgot to mention how there were so many irregularities in the Swedish
vote that their National Body had to Abstain (during the first vote) and was
not able to recover in time for the second vote (thus maintaining their
Abstention).
You forgot to mention that many of the voting P- countries (in the first and
second vote) joined with the sole purpose of voting for OOXML - and that
these countries (1) have little interest in setting standards, (2) rank as
the most corrupt nations on the planet, and (3) have halted work on other
ISO standards because of their inactivity.
There is evidence of impropriety in the Norwegian vote. The technical
committee chair for Norways National body said it himself. (FYI, the letter
from the Norwegian National Body stating that there were no irregularities
was with respect to the first vote, not to the second vote.) The NBs most
recent statement that their vote was really, really, a YES, does not negate
the accusation of irregularities because the statement comes from the people
accused of the irregularities in the first place. Duh.
Should I continue with Poland and Germany, or are you deaf?
# Comment by Kenneth April 3, 2008 at 8:55 pm
I think some issues are being confused in the article. For instance, the
question of whether OOXML is better or worse than ODF is different than the
question of whether OOXML should be an ISO standard. Lots of people may find
ODF unacceptable for their needs. Many people may find OOXML useful. But
that doesnt mean OOXML should be an ISO standard.
An ISO standard should allow for implementation cross platform from
different vendors - without having to beg for more information from
Microsoft. An ISO standard should be able to get dates right. This is just
the tip of the iceberg for why OOXML should not become an ISO standard.
These reasons to not accept OOXML as an ISO standard would still exist even
if ODF didnt.
The author says, Never before have I seen a vendor that has the existing
standard for anything challenged in this fashion. That vendor is MS. That
makes OOXML the referenced existing standard? Besides the recent ISO stamp
of approval, I dont think OOXML could be considered an existing standard.
I work in a document-heavy industry and I dont know anyone who saves
documents in OOXML. The few Word 2007 users I know of all save their
documents in the binary .doc format.
To say Microsoft doesnt have the power, is a bit nieve.
Microsoft showed in Sweden how easy it was to turn out the vote from your
gold partners. The only unfortunate thing (for Microsoft) in Sweden is
that they were caught. (Remember that email from Microsoft offering special
incentives to partners to vote? Of course, Microsoft claimed that was an
unfortunate exception.) Why is it that corrupt countries suddenly signed up
to vote? Do you think Microsoft pursuaded them somehow?
With the way Microsoft gamed ths system - which is no secret, just read the
press - most people (even MS fans) would probably say that Microsoft
cheated. MS certainly didnt play by the spirit of the rules. MS may have
even broken the law in some instances and may have abused their monopoly
power.
# Comment by Foo Bar April 4, 2008 at 5:00 pm
if we agree that Microsoft taking away all choice is wrong, why would we
also not agree that making the only choice ODF was equally wrong?
You are so naive, Rob
(*)
Microsoft is not being forced to use ODF. They can use OOXML if they want.
But why dont they give their customers the ODF choice? Thats because, once
we have a truly open standard, people will have choice in tha application
arena: MS Office, OpenOffice, you name it.
So, Microsoft is pushing their own file format, which is not designed to be
interoperable, but just to pretend some openness.
(*) In fact, if you look for Rob Enderles past record on open source
software, youll find that he described Linux as a free-software scam, has
compared some Linux advocates to terrorists, and predicted that SCO would
win
(yes, SCO, the company now in bankrupcy.)
# Comment by Foo Bar April 4, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Oh, I just found this mini-resume on Wikipedia:
, is a consultant, writer, and widely quoted technical and legal analyst in
the information technology industry. Microsoft, Advanced Micro Devices, the
SCO Group, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Dell are (or have been) among his
clients.[1]
Enderle has been critical of Apple Computer and Linux, as well as Unix and
the open source/free software movements in general. In particular, he has
described Linux as a free-software scam,[2] and he has compared some Linux
advocates to terrorists, predicting that one of them or perhaps a group
of them will go too far at some point and do significant damage to the
open-source movement, the ongoing litigation with SCO or their
employers.[3] Nevertheless, Enderle was a featured speaker at the Desktop
Linux Summit 2006.[4]
Before founding the Enderle Group, Enderle was a founding analyst at Giga
Information Group (acquired by Forrester Research), Dataquest (acquired by
Gartner) [5], IBM, ROLM (acquired by IBM), and The Walt Disney Company.
Rob Enderle has been a vocal commentator in the ongoing high-def format war
writing for Digital Trends. [6] His credibility has been publicly called
into question on the topic, being charged with claiming to be an independent
observer while on the payroll of Toshiba. [7]
And, now, hes defending OOXML
# Comment by Dave April 5, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Is this that same Rob who opined The war is over and HD-DVD won last
January. The same Rob that crowed about the greatness of Vista.
Are you one of those analysts whos business model is selling out?
Microsofts words not mine.
# Comment by Bruce Wolfe April 8, 2008 at 1:03 pm
You sound like a Microsoft apologist. Time to get with the program and
support alternatives. Innovation and change is the only way technology
grows, and not supporting the same old thing that continues to control the
market. Forget what Durusau says. ODF would eventually create some
alternative that the rest of us non-MS users would use thus creating healthy
competition and a true open-source format.
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