loiscastillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > http://www.noooxml.org/delegations > > So this means the pinoy delegation can only vote to disapprove?
This would be very useful. There are 104 members who can vote. If there are 26 "No" votes, the application will probably be rejected. To get a No vote, contact the Bureau of Product Standards and tell them that this proposal: 1. Relies on non-published data (in some places it requires that implementations must do the same as MS Word 97, but it doesn't say what MS Word 97 does) 2. Is unclear about when Microsoft's permission is required to implement this standard (because the patent grant is narrow and because proprietary extensions are used for some functionality). 3. Contradicts existing standards for displaying images (including scalable graphics) and for displaying mathematical equations. Their generic email address is bps-AT-dti.gov.ph, but it would be better to phone the office (+63 2 751 31 23) and ask them who is the person in charge of ISO standardisation for software/communications. The problem with this proposal is that it will be possible for anyone but Microsoft to completely implement. Governments often try to use ISO standards, but if Microsoft's OOXML is approved by ISO, then many governments will be stuck with Microsoft software because the alternatives (including free software alternatives) won't be able to use the OOXML "standard". More details about problems in this proposal can be found here: http://www.grokdoc.net/index.php/EOOXML_objections http://fsfeurope.org/documents/msooxml-questions http://www.noooxml.org/arguments -- Ciarán O'Riordan __________________ \ http://fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3 http://ciaran.compsoc.com/ _________ \ GPLv3 and other work supported by http://fsfe.org/fellows/ciaran/weblog \ Fellowship: http://www.fsfe.org _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
