2008/4/15 Nishit Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > AFAIK, nobody has standardized what Open Standard means (and who > standardizes the standardizer and all such enigmatic thougths), and nobody > has a copyright, business patent or trademark on that phrase. So if > Microsoft chooses to call OOXML an Open Standard or Divine Banner or > whatever, they can, and their pet bloggers and wikipedia stuffers will > proclaim it to be the Truth (TM).
There seemed to be a lot of definitions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_standard Does OOXML pass any of these (other than just Microsoft's definition) ? -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
