Agree with your points.
On 8/10/07, Ravi Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Its really clear that Microsoft never gonna put whole things related to > OOXML into OpenSource and completely visible to others. The past stories of > Microsoft has already given many lessons to others. > For India, it should be a bg matter to decide. IT and computers industries > in India is growing faster than many others. Adopting MS technologies will > definitely lead us to constrained environment. > > Anyway, there should be a quick vote on a site, where we Indians can put > our voices and opinion. > > On 8/10/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > For your kind info > > > > (sorry for the cross posting) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ganeshtk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 11:44 AM > > To: lina > > Subject: MS, IBM fight to own office docs heats up > > > > > > MS, IBM fight to own office docs heats up > > 8 Aug, 2007, 0152 hrs IST,Harsimran Singh, TNN > > > > > > HYPERLINK > > " http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2263811,prtpage-1 > > . > > cms" \nPrint > > > > > > > > NEW DELHI: The fight between world's biggest IT companies — Microsoft > > and IBM-Sun Microsystems combine — has landed on Indian shores. Come > > September 2 and India faces a deadline: to vote for making Microsoft's > > Open Office Extensible Markup Language (OOXML) as an ISO standard for > > electronic documents or not along with 123 other countries. > > > > But the Bureau of Indian Standards, which has to submit a vote on > > India's behalf seems clueless, despite less than a month to go for the > > deadline. Microsoft and rival ODF (Open Document Format) alliance led by > > IBM & Sun Microsystems are hurling accusations at each other. A meeting > > on the issue has been called on Wednesday by BIS. > > > > Sun Microsystems country director (government strategy) Jaijit > > Bhattacharya said, "About 160 technical issues have been identified with > > OOXML. OOXML does not seem to address its design goals. Moreover, no > > Indian organisation or institution was involved in the development of > > OOXML. If we do not have any say in the development of a standard, we > > lose out on the technological sovereignty. We do not see any standalone > > implementations of OOXML by an Indian firm unlike the ISO ODF standard." > > > > > > Microsoft, however, counters Sun's claims. A meeting has been called on > > Thursday by the government in which both parties will meet. Microsoft > > India's national technology officer Vijay Kapur counters Sun, "OOXML is > > an open standard and its specifications are fully documented. There is > > no royalty charged and it works on a covenant of not to sue. It does not > > > > recourse to any proprietary information held by Microsoft." > > > > "OOXML's design principles are based on the old binary format which is > > known only to a selective few, decided by Microsoft. There is no clarity > > by Microsoft on the same. OOXML is also not fully interoperable as the > > full fidelity of an Open Office (ODF) document is not maintained in MS > > Word or other OOXML based word processors," adds Mr Bhattacharya. > > > > ODF advocate IIT-Delhi assistant Prof P Vigneshwara IIavarasan clarifies > > the issue, "The politics behind the battle is clear. Microsoft wants to > > retain its over 95% market share in word processing documents in the > > garb of OOXML. But Sun Micro and IBM want to grab a pie of it and > > prevent Microsoft in its plans." > > > > He, however, confirms Sun Microsystems claims that a MS Word document is > > not fully interoperable with Open Office (by ODF) and hence not an open > > standard. A converter or translator has to be downloaded to convert one > > format to another. Experts say that adopting OOXML will make India > > locked into a particular vendor. > > > > > > **** > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-in mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > > > > > -- > -=Ravi=- > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > >
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