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Brussels, 2 April 2008 -- ISO members failed to disapprove the Open XML
format. Microsoft has compromised the International Standards
Organisation (ISO) during the rush to get a stamp for their Office
OpenXML (OOXML), using unfair practices such as committee stuffing in
several countries and political interventions of ministers in the
standardization process.
OOXML received 75 percent approval votes of p-members of JTC1, among
them many nations of questionable expertise in standardization. In
September a first attempt to approve the 6000 page standard Open XML
failed with more than 3500 submitted comments. As in September many of
the new approval votes were won by political high level intervention
and the vendors dominance in national technical committees.
Benjamin Henrion, initiator of the <NO>OOXML campaign, is furious about
the tactics he followed over several months: "Committee stuffing is a
standard practice for Microsoft. Microsoft raped ISO with their office
file formats, leaving the organization in limbo. The whole campaign
against the format have raised an army of people, which are furious
about the dirty tactics used by Microsoft to get the broken standard
through ISO. This anger won't go away, and I wish good luck to
Microsoft to get it adopted by governments. The reputation of Microsoft
went down below zero with this process."
Read the complete press release...
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The preferred document exchange among European Institutions is OOXML
"The preferred document exchange among European Institutions is OOXML",
this is the summary of an awful document produced by the
"Inter-Institutional Committee for Informatics" of the European
Institutions. Basically the document says that European bureaucrats use
Microsoft Office everywhere on their desktop, and this is not gonna
change. -- Comments: 0 -- by zoobab zoobab 22 Dec 2011 19:45
Embarrassing details from South America
Last week new details surfaced how the Brazilian government was defamed
by OOXML proponents in their stance on Open XML. -- Comments: 1 -- by
arebenti arebenti 10 Sep 2011 13:56
ECMA standard to be supported in Australia
Australia is adopting OOXML according to its Whole-of-Government Common
Operating Environment (WofG COE) Policy -- Comments: 0 -- by podmokle
podmokle 24 Jan 2011 20:00
Europe wants an open document exchange format
A report on completing the internal market for e-commerce highlights
the business interests in open formats and interoperability. --
Comments: 0 -- by arebenti arebenti 21 Sep 2010 11:07
Money makes the Wikipedia go round
Did you notice, the open xml controversy is gone. -- Comments: 0 -- by
podmokle podmokle 26 Aug 2010 19:01
Binary Format Plugfest in October
In a post-OOXML world "binary format" interoperability remains a
challenge. Doug Mahugh invites developers to a Binary Format Plugfest.
-- Comments: 1 -- by arebenti arebenti 19 Aug 2010 01:30
Mandatory Use of State Document Format ODF in Indonesia
After all of the computers in government agencies will be migrated to
Open Source in late 2011, the government also plans to migrate all the
important documents of the country using open document formats (Open
Document Format / ODF). "We chose to switch to open formats like ODF
because no dependence with a vendor," said Ashwin Sasongko, DG
Applications and Telematics Ministry of Communications and Information
Technology. -- Comments: 0 -- by ggiedke ggiedke 03 Aug 2010 07:11
Reform or not reform?
ISO and other standards bodies did not learn from the OOXML debate.
Reform of ISO is pending to allow more fast tracked standards from
ECMA. Procurement of OOXML might be illegal in Europe. -- Comments: 1
-- by zoobab zoobab 23 Jun 2010 15:50
Alan Bryden in Brussels
An old fox is put in charge of another hen house. -- Comments: 0 -- by
podmokle podmokle 18 Jun 2010 11:50
Alex Brown: Microsoft Fails the Standards Test
The second anniversary of the approval of ISO/IEC 29500 (aka OOXML) is
upon us. [...] we can fill out a report card for a couple of these
promises and determine how well Microsoft is doing ... On this count
Microsoft seems set for failure. In its pre-release form Office(TM)
2010 supports not the approved Strict variant of OOXML, but the very
format the global community rejected in September 2007, and
subsequently marked as not for use in new documents - the Transitional
variant. Microsoft are behaving as if the JTC 1 standardisation process
never happened [...]. -- Comments: 1 -- by ggiedke ggiedke 02 Apr 2010
15:46
Samba guru Jeremy Allison reflects on Open XML standardisation
Allison says professionals lost their respect in ISO. -- Comments: 0 --
by arebenti arebenti 21 Jan 2010 16:45
EU settlement: ECMA 376 not ISO 29500
Microsoft will document "additional information" to ECMA 376 and will
comply with ECMA 376 1st January and shields the freedom to create
software as a work of art pour l'art. -- Comments: 2 -- by arebenti
arebenti 17 Dec 2009 23:47
ANSI: international standards system is working well
Messages from a parallel universe. -- Comments: 0 -- by arebenti
arebenti 15 Dec 2009 14:10
OOXML as a response
Why did OOXML come into existence? -- Comments: 0 -- by arebenti
arebenti 29 Aug 2009 18:59
Softpatent trolls OOXML and Word
The Amageddon of Open XML. Redmond graps the bitter fruits from
nuturing the software patent troll legislative environment. Soft
patents are a nightmare for software companies and prohibit the company
to sell MS Word. -- Comments: 1 -- by podmokle podmokle 12 Aug 2009
09:07
Open XML is a foul apple
So you are using Mac MS-Office? Giant fail! -- Comments: 0 -- by
podmokle podmokle 07 Aug 2009 12:45
800 pages of defect for OOXML, here it is
800 pages of defect for OOXML, here it is. ISO is such a transparent
organisation that they are afraid of the web, and the public light of
the blogosphere. Here is the leak for you. -- Comments: 1 -- by zoobab
zoobab 07 Aug 2009 12:41
ISO will meet in Redmond, dinner paid by Microsoft
The capture of the ISO process by the vendor is not finished. The next
ISO SC34 meeting, who should review more then 800 pages of defects of
OOXML. will be held in Redmond, at a stone throw of Microsoft's
headquarters. Remember the dinner in Korea? -- Comments: 1 -- by zoobab
zoobab 07 Aug 2009 12:24
New Wordprocessing Patent
Does it make you feel comfortable to sit on mined grounds? -- Comments:
0 -- by podmokle podmokle 07 Aug 2009 11:45
Microsoft now attempts to sabotage ODF
Users should react loudly to the latest attempt of Microsoft to
sabotage ODF and fragment the corpus of ODF files -- Comments: 8 -- by
Luc Bollen Luc Bollen 08 May 2009 15:39
Burning the binary ships
The latest discussed advocacy scheme for OOXML: The old binary formats
implementations are insecure and attention to fix security flaws of
implementations is reduced. -- Comments: 0 -- by arebenti arebenti 18
Apr 2009 12:19
What is the definition of an "existing document"?
ISO SC34, now heavily controlled by Microsoft people who go to ISO
meeting happening all over the planet, has published a report of
defects of the pseudo ISO standard ISO29500. They do not provide a
definition of what is an "existing document". -- Comments: 0 -- by
zoobab zoobab 17 Apr 2009 14:58
Open XML, the standard that was not
Many neutral BRM observers felt screwed up and they get more and more
evidence that their feelings were right. Open XML proponents become
twitter jerks. -- Comments: 1 -- by podmokle podmokle 17 Apr 2009 14:30
Portuguese Public Administration forced to use Microsoft Office 2003/7
The Court of Accounts's Counsil for Corruption Prevention is making a
mandatory survey on corruption risks in public procurement, which all
public administrators must reply, by law. However, not only the survey
is available only in Microsoft's binary format, but they also demand
that it is returned in Microsoft Office 2003/7 XML format (MS-OOXML).
-- Comments: 2 -- by RuiSeabra RuiSeabra 30 Mar 2009 19:45
Paoli: This is a time of change
Did we overlook an important event? And what about the crumbs of the
ongoing crisis spending? -- Comments: 0 -- by arebenti arebenti 22 Mar
2009 15:04
Fraunhofer Fokus supported by Microsoft
The new Fraunhofer Fokus lab will validate the ISO/IEC 29500 aka OOXML.
-- Comments: 0 -- by podmokle podmokle 14 Mar 2009 20:32
Microsoft hijacking ODF: the freedom to embrace and extend
Doug Mahugh of Microsoft is pushing inside the ODF Technical Committee
for proprietary extensions, by which the monopolist vendor could
embrace and extend the format to "innovate". The extensions possibility
is the door open to proprietary closed source parts, that renders the
ODF customer a Microsoft slave once again like in the good old times of
the .DOC. -- Comments: 0 -- by zoobab zoobab 27 Feb 2009 19:39
.XLSX files as a security risk
Some Open XML based products as Microsoft Excel are affected by a
security flaw and the Trojan.Mdropper.AC. -- Comments: 0 -- by arebenti
arebenti 25 Feb 2009 00:13
National Word Processors?
Russia pioneers the concept of a National Operating System. Are
National Office suites also an option to sent a clear message to end
software extortion and make way for a competitive environment based on
true open standards? -- Comments: 1 -- by podmokle podmokle 24 Jan 2009
17:03
Tridge asks for reparations
Andrew Tridgell is still upset about the Open XML process. In other
news we watch the fallout when passionate supporters of open standards
in a successful SME get really upset. -- Comments: 0 -- by arebenti
arebenti 20 Jan 2009 02:40
EIF2 contribution of Open Source Consortium
Open XML and software patents are concerns where they want to see
regulatory action, Gerry Gavigan wrote on behalf of the Open Source
Consortium to European Commission interoperability decision makers . --
Comments: 0 -- by arebenti arebenti 15 Jan 2009 22:34
European SME representation was against OOXML
NORMAPME, the association that represents European small and medium
sized companies in standard bodies urged CEN members to vote against
Open XML. -- Comments: 0 -- by arebenti arebenti 12 Jan 2009 01:47
Microsoft excludes competitors with OOXML patent license?
ECMA has just published two documents related to the patent licensing
of ECMA376v1 and ECMA376v2. Microsoft promises to give a patent license
under so called "reasonable terms". Reasonable for whom? -- Comments: 4
-- by zoobab zoobab 21 Dec 2008 16:51
FAIL: Docx plugins and interoperability solutions
It is time for caramels again. Microsoft released three
interoperability solutions. -- Comments: 0 -- by podmokle podmokle 03
Dec 2008 21:45
Buy the OpenXML specification now at the ISO store! Only 342 Swiss francs
Buy the OpenXML specification now at the ISO store! Only 280USD or 342
Swiss francs. By the way, do you know is when the official burial date
of ISO? -- Comments: 0 -- by zoobab zoobab 24 Nov 2008 09:53
Tineke Egyedi writes open letter to the IT standards community
The Dutch standard researcher asks: "Who pays for interoperability in
public IT procurement?". Our site reproduces her letter sent by email
to standard professionals. -- Comments: 0 -- by podmokle podmokle 17
Nov 2008 08:37
Alex Brown has mud in the eyes?
A while ago, I was riding my mountain bike under the deluge, with
plenty of mud in the eyes, I was unable to ride correctly, it was
dangerous. Now it seems that Alex Brown has also some mud in the eyes.
-- Comments: 1 -- by zoobab zoobab 05 Nov 2008 22:20
Does the OSP make OOXML an "open standard"?
Microsoft finds the Open Specification Promise (OSP) "provides the
assurance that Microsoft will not assert its Necessary Claims against
anyone who make, use, sell, offer for sale, import, or distribute any
Covered Implementation under any type of development or distribution
model, including the GPL." -- Comments: 7 -- by arebenti arebenti 10
Oct 2008 02:19
SC34 thanked Microsoft Korea for the dinner
The company from Redmond has heavily invested in the ISO SC34
committee. Thanks to a blogger who managed to shed some light on what
was going on inside SC34, we hear now that Microsoft Korea was paying
for dinner. I hope the meal was good. -- Comments: 0 -- by zoobab
zoobab 07 Oct 2008 13:08
Alex Brown mentions copyright violation
Alex Brown mentions copyright violation for the leak of the draft
specification. He is calling on ISO lawyers to pursue the infringers.
Some countries should move and draft a resolution to respect ISO's
copyright, and defend the business model of Standard Bodies. --
Comments: 0 -- by zoobab zoobab 07 Oct 2008 12:40
Final ISO specification leaked!
BoycottNovell has published a copy of the final OOXML specification! It
seems that ISO does not want the public to review the broken
specification before it is released. One country should just continue
to appeal, and submit another complain, using the date of distribution
of the specification as the basis for a 2 months appeal. Appeals are
not finished. -- Comments: 3 -- by zoobab zoobab 03 Oct 2008 09:29
Norwegians leave their Standards Body in protest
13 members of the TC in Norway has left their Standards Body in
protest. They say that the Standards Body has lost its credibility in
the IT area. Remember that Standards Norway was voting Yes with the
support of only 2 companies (Microsoft and Statoil), and against the
will of the rest of the technical committee. -- Comments: 1 -- by
zoobab zoobab 01 Oct 2008 21:57
WSJ: IBM Considers Quitting Standards Bodies
The Wall Street Journal is publishing an article about the OOXML
fiasco, and the intention of IBM to leave some standards organisations.
With the disgusting Microsoft committee stuffing and the non-reaction
of ISO, I would say this is something I should do now in terms of
protest. The current way to define standards behind closed doors,
closed rooms, and with archaic methods of patching standards proposals
outside of the public eye is something that should be reformed.
Remember, physical meetings are the standard way to exclude
participation (oh, by the way, there was an SC34 meeting in South Korea
where I forgot to blog about). -- Comments: 3 -- by zoobab zoobab 23
Sep 2008 10:07
Microsoft recycles its lobby platform "Voices for Innovation" to lobby
against Open Source software
Microsoft recycles its lobby platform "Voices for Innovation" to lobby
against Open Source software in the European Parliament systems. Over
the past few weeks radical elements in the open source community have
intensified their efforts in the European Parliament. -- Comments: 5 --
by zoobab zoobab 23 Sep 2008 09:03
Microsoft, CompTIA, Novell, ECMA and others members of the "Ecosystem"
BoycottNovell has a right vision of the Microsoft ecosystem. --
Comments: 2 -- by zoobab zoobab 20 Sep 2008 22:29
Microsoft hijacks now web standards and the W3C: -m$ fonts?
Microsoft has a tradition now with OOXML to hijack standard bodies. W3C
is probably in the list, since they managed now to embrace and extend
CSS 2.1 with their Microsoft fonts. -- Comments: 0 -- by zoobab zoobab
16 Sep 2008 10:18
You are paid to blog, shut up
The role of blogging in corporate communication is challenging for ICT
companies. Progressive views from a CEO about customer communications.
-- Comments: 0 -- by podmokle podmokle 13 Sep 2008 21:17
Four governments go ballistic over Open XML
Four national agencies which supervise their national standards bodies
issued a joint statement in which they condemn the Open XML process and
proclaimed that ISO standards would not be automatically considered
binding anymore within their office. -- Comments: 3 -- by arebenti
arebenti 01 Sep 2008 15:45
Open XML larger than LHC documentation
CERN's Large Hadron Collider, the world's greatest experiment particle
accelerator for quantum physics built in Geneva, is being compared to
Open XML. -- Comments: 1 -- by podmokle podmokle 01 Sep 2008 07:59
Right or wrung with Open XML
Convert your document to Open XML and the viruses and vulnerabilities
are gone. No, it is not a joke from the propaganda department. Open XML
conversion with MOICE as a means of desinfection for dangerous office
documents. -- Comments: 1 -- by podmokle podmokle 29 Aug 2008 21:50
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"Microsoft denies any wrongdoing and admits that there is some
"internal inconsistency or ambiguity" in its OOXML code, which may
result in errors." -- Euactiv, blog
"The idea that "open" = no IP in a standard is an overbalance in favor
of implementers just as the idea that a single party has unequal say in
a working group can overbalance in favor of a contributor." -- Jason
Matusow, Microsoft, blog
"By "stuffing committees" at the ISO, Microsoft consultants managed to
circumvent a compromise at the standard-making institution, according
to Maurits Dolmans, a lawyer at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton." --
Euractiv, EU eGovernment push 'threatens Microsoft supremacy'
"OOXML is an effort to stave off ODF becoming a standard." -- Guido
Sohne, FOSSFA
"Document interoperability is about people and companies dedicated to
working together over the long haul to solve customer issues." -- Doug
Mahugh, CRN
"In fact, the European Commission may yet take action against Microsoft
over its lobbying actions during the standards setting process."
--Internetnews, BizTalk 2009 Arrives, Office 2007 SP2 Up Next
"Some members of the press have confused OpenDocument supporters with
people who write for NOOXML blogs and websites, or that bash OpenXML,
Microsoft, ISO, JTC 1, SC 34, etc. Those are not activities that
support OpenDocument." --Patrick Durusau, Duruseau: Spotting
OpenDocument Supporters
"The support for OOXML in other applications than Microsoft Office 2007
is ridiculously low. " -- Jesper Lund Stocholm, on ANSI adoption
"Now is a great time to get involved in IS29500 maintenance, so if
you'd like to contribute contact your national body and get involved.
See you in Copenhagen!" --Doug Mahugh, MSDN-Blog March 30, 09
"I stay away from standards bodies,that seems to be a whole rat's nest
of backstabbing and politics, and I really don't want to have anything
to do with it. As for the OOXML case, anybody involved with that must
have been crazy. That all just looked nasty." --Linus Torvalds,
Technewsworld
"So, even if international standards bodies have been shown to be
vulnerable to external pressure and can be gamed much like any other
corporate body can, the products that they produce will still have
relevance to developers, end users, and security researchers alike. "
--Carl Jongsma, CIO
"What Microsoft really wanted was that ISO stamp of approval to use as
a marketing tool. And just like your mother told you, when they get
what they want and have their way with you, they're probably not gonna
call you in the morning." --Tim Bray, ISO Fantasy
"Europe has been strongly in favor of the use of ISO standards, but a
lot of people doubt if ISO is the best place for software
standardization. They are more impressed by the way bodies like IETF,
W3C, IEEE, do the job." --Hollandopen, Europa: Hollandopen
"In Sri Lanka, the technical committee voted against OOXML but the
country abstained. In Bangladesh, there was no open discussion on OOXML
before the country voted in favor. In Pakistan, a secretive committee
consisting on 4 Microsoft Gold Partners met and listened to a
presentation by Microsoft and voted in favor of OOXML. Incidentally,
Pakistan became a "P" member of ISO a month before the first OOXML
vote. Angry? We all should be furious!" --Venkatesh Hariharan, Tbray:
My Tinfoil Hat
"If people say this whole ISO process is lousy, out of date and doesn't
work anymore or is broken, I challenge anybody to make a new worldwide
process" --Jan van den Beld, PCWorld: Former ECMA Sec. Gen challenges
ISO/BRM critics to create a better process
"Both the W3C and IETF have long had a policy that all working-group
drafts are publicly available on the Web for public review. In the W3C,
a WG can elect to have private deliberations; in the IETF they are all
by definition public. This is been the case for some years now, and
those with experience of a transparent and public process tend to being
flabbergasted that ISO's opacity continues to be tolerated." --Tim
Bray, Alex Brown's blog: Webbifying the Standardisation Process, Part 1
"In other words, participation in standardization activities is time
consuming and expensive, and large companies are much more able to make
this kind of commitment than small companies, organizations or
individuals. So ,large companies rule the world. This is especially
true with standardization at the international level, where decisions
are often made at meetings in very expensive international locations."
--Rob Weir, Seeking Open Standards activists
"At this meeting, Brazil was represented by Microsoft. I and several
other members of our committee protested against this indication, but
we had our protests silenced by the Director of ABNT (Brazilian NB)
that said that this decision was not our prerogative and that if
Microsoft would pay for their own representative's trip, their
indication was approved." --Homebmit, Meeting of JTC1/SC34 in Korea: It
is the end of the world (as we know it)
"For legacy reasons, an implementation using the 1900 backward
compatibility date base system shall treat 1900 as though it was a leap
year." --Final ISO OOXML specification, Mike Brown's comment
"The way Standard Norway has carried this process, we consider that the
organization has lost its credibility in the IT area." -- 13 TC member
in Norway, Norwegians leave their Standards Body in protest
"Given the organisation's inability to follow its own rules we are no
longer confident that ISO/IEC will be capable of transforming itself
into the open and vendor-neutral standards setting organisation which
is such an urgent requirement." -- South Africa, Brazil, Venezuela,
Ecuador, Paraguay, Cuba, CONSEGI 2008 Declaration
"OOXML was pushed through [or 'fast-tracked'] to a standard despite
ongoing vocal community opposition, and as such I have lost all faith
in the ISO as a vendor neutral organization." -- Jeff Welling, Canada,
NoOOXML petition latest signatures
"Levy suggests "Microsoft isn't in crisis mode just yet. But the
writing is on the wall for both of its major cash cow franchises,
Windows and Office. The shift toward the Web is putting pressure on
Microsoft to address market performance shortcomings more
aggressively." --Betanews, Vista's image problem personified
"What did the ISO... say to the anti-OOXML crowd? "Go away, losers." In
four different languages, no less. Open XML is here to stay, yum-yums*.
Get over it! Now, can we all just get along?" *How must those
troglodytes Sutor, Updegrove, and Jones feel right now? -- John Obeto,
Absolute Vista
"...standardization of a patented invention can yield procompetitive
benefits, stimulate innovative research and development, and make the
patent holder's intellectual property more accessible to consumers
through competing products." -- Amy Marasco, ANSI vice president, FTC
testimony 2002
"...the OSP is a great next step. Amy Marasco and Glen Johnson at MS
are the quiet heroes who have been working so hard on the [OSP] text
itself. A huge cast of characters both within MS and from various
reaches of the community were also involved." -- Matusow Blog,
12.9.2006
"The ISO Secretary General, Mr Alan Bryden was in India in December
2007 and I had asked him what he thought of the controversy surrounding
the OOXML process. His answer was that ISO is a democratic organization
and it will emerge stronger from this controversy. Very glib answer but
an absolute and shameful lie." -- Venkatesh Hariharan, Open Source
India: ISO/IEC and OOXML: The judge, the jury and the hangman
"Standards bodies do important work in difficult circumstances. But
like all of us their rules need to keep pace with the changing
commercial environment. If they need help in tightening up their rules
to avoid being manipulated by narrow commercial interests, or to design
the right ex ante rules, then they have my support. My door is always
open." -- Neelie Kroes, Antitrust Commissioner, Being open about
standards
"The world needs a reasonably competent and transparent standards
organization whose integrity is not a standing joke." -- Tim Bray, Sun
Microsystems, OOXML: Everything's Just Fine
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