Re: [ILUG-BOM] BIS committee votes against ooxml

[krishnakant Mane]

I went through the editorial.
one more point which struck me was that it creates an impression that
this is a "proxy for product war "
which means all those who supported odf also had some selfish marketing gains.
here we should note that people like Dr. Nagarjun have helped this
cause due to no "marketing of product " aim.
secondly the tone of the editorial also talks about the licensing cost
issue and has not really emphasised on the "freedom aspect " which
implies freedom to encript and decript the data by any one who wishes
to do so.
it uses words like "negociations for license costs ", correct me if I
am remembering wrong but although my quoting might not be word to word
correct, the tone of the article is towards saying that odf is for
those who care about the cost of licensing and it talks nothing much
about freedom.
regards.
Kk
-- 
http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers