Sabi ko noong Oct 31, 2007 8:35 AM: > Daniel Escasa has sent you an article from the Computerworld Web site. > > To view the rest of the story, copy the link and paste it into your browser > window. > http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9044723 > > ODF group abandons file format in favor of W3C alternative (October 30 2007, > 12:00AM) > > The OpenDocument Foundation, which was set up to promote its namesake file > format as a universal choice for storing documents, is switching its > allegiance to the Compound Document Formats created by the World Wide Web > Consortium. > > http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9044723 > > Copyright 2006 > Computerworld Inc. > http://computerworld.com > Computerworlds Privacy Policy: > http://www.computerworld.com/utilities/privacy
Here's more to explain the OpenDocument Foundation: http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/10/cracks-in-foundation.html <excerpt> [The] OpenDocument Foundation has found itself more and more isolated, outside of the mainstream debate. How far they have fallen can be seen in the fact that Microsoft has gone from ridiculing their conspiracy theories to using them to support their arguments. At the same time the Foundation's membership has dwindled to the point where only a small number remain. Former members have disassociated themselves from the Foundation as it turned increasingly to strident rhetoric. Whereas in the early days, the Foundation had a large membership that participated fully in the OASIS TC's, now their "contributions" are mainly that of heckling and haranguing the other members. Finally, the Foundation has recently announced its intent to abandon constructive work within OASIS, to actively lobby against adoption of ODF 1.2 in ISO and to push for an alternative format, CDF, based on XHTML, CSS 3.0 and RDF. </excerpt> -- Daniel O. Escasa independent IT consultant and writer contributor, Free Software Magazine (http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com) personal blog at http://descasa.i.ph If we choose being kind over being right, we will be right every time. _________________________________________________ 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
