On 15/11/2007, M Henri Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2007/11/15, NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > On 11/14/2007 03:05 AM, Manfred J. Krause wrote: > > > Hi *, > > > > > > 2007/11/1, NoOp wrote: > > >> On 10/31/2007 04:10 PM, Cor Nouws wrote: > > >> > > >> > A more comprehensive annalisis, in English, can be found here: > > >> > http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/10/cracks-in-foundation.html > > >> > > >> Thanks for that link! I've been reading the to & fro on the blogs on > > >> this for the past several days and Rob's post is the most sensible > one > > >> that I've seen yet. > > > > > > ... a sequel to the 'cracks-in-foundation' -> > > > > > > November 09 2007 > > > Putting the OpenDocument Foundation to Bed (without its supper) > > > < > > > http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20071109070012244 > > > > > > > > >> BTW: has anyone here tried the daVinci - ACME 376 > > >> plugin? No source code, so I'm not willing to give it a go just to > find > > >> out if it works or not. > > > > > > BTW: It's all water under the bridge now ... > > > [Yes, I tried the 'demo' halfheartedly (or incompetently?) some months > > ago; > > > with poor results - but actually I cannot remember in details ...] > > > > > > Manfred > > > > Another interesting read... including the comments by GE. Thanks :-) > > > The plot thickens/sickens. It would seem that the so-called «Open Document > Foundation» has closed shop. Check it out here : http://tinyurl.com/35kv4q > .. > .. > > Henri >
And, for what it's worth, from Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument_Foundation ==== *The OpenDocument Foundation, Inc.* was an organization set up in 2002 by Gary Edwards, Sam Hiser, and Paul "Buck" Martin[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument_Foundation#_note-OpenDocument_Foundation>to promote the use of open standards <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_standard>-based XML<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML> /RDF <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Description_Framework> document formats for desktop computer use. Members of the foundation were involved in the development of OpenDocument<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument>first in the OASIS Office XML Format TC (Technical Committee) and later in the OASIS Open Document Format TC with up to four members of the TC representing the OpenDocument foundation in the TC.[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument_Foundation#_note-Oasis_meeting> In October 2007, the OpenDocument Foundation controversially switched its support from OpenDocument <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument> to Compound Document Format (CDF)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_Document_Format> .[3]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument_Foundation#_note-TechNews_Abandons> However, Chris Lilley of the W3C later explained to Andy Updegrove that CDF is not intended as an office format and is not a suitable replacement for the OpenDocument format. And none of the three remaining members of the foundation are members of the W3C or the CDF working group. Andy Updegrove theorised that the foundation had "decided to turn out the lights" and were simply attacking those that had rejected their proposals to the OASIS TC.[4]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument_Foundation#_note-andy1> As of November 11 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_11>, 2007<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007>, the official website has been shut down, probably marking the end of the OpenDocument Foundation ====== -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
