[ossig] Say "NO" to OOXML as an ISO Standard

[Raja Iskandar Shah]

imho,

ms use of the open office xml (ooxml) term is intentionally used to 
confuse (aghh.. me confused me words)

when open office xml or ooxml is mentioned, people who are vaguely 
familiar with the subject will immediately think openoffice.org (i had 
that misconception when i read the subject of this email).

anyway, i signed the petition.


Hasannudin Saidin wrote:
>
> From Open Malaysia <http://www.openmalaysiablog.com> blog:
>
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>
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> *Monday, 25 June 2007*
> *Say "NO" to OOXML as an ISO Standard*
> <http://www.noooxml.org/petition>
> http://www.noooxml.org/petition
>
> Click the above to sign a global online petition to let National 
> Bodies of the _member countries of ISO_ 
> <http://iso.nocrew.org/iso/en/aboutiso/isomembers/MemberList.MemberSummary?MEMBERCODE=10> 
> (_International Organization for Standardization_ 
> <http://www.iso.org/>) know that you say *"NO"* to approving OOXML as 
> an ISO Standard.
>
> Malaysians, this means you are saying *"NO*" to _SIRIM_ 
> <http://www.sirim.my/services_SQ_list.asp?id=2>, the organization that 
> manages the approval process for _DSM_ 
> <http://www.standardsmalaysia.gov.my/> (Department of Standards 
> Malaysia).
>
> Visit the _<NO>OOXML site_ <http://www.noooxml.org/> for more 
> information, but here is text of the petition:
>
>             /Say NO to the Microsoft Office format as an ISO standard/
>
>             /I ask the national members of ISO to vote "NO" in the
>             ballot of ISO DIS 29500 (Open OfficeXML or OOXML format)
>             for the following reasons:/
>
>                   1. /There is /*/already a standard ISO26300 named
>                   Open Document Format (ODF)/*/: a dual standard adds
>                   costs, uncertainty and confusion to industry,
>                   government and citizens;/
>                   2. /There is /*/no provable implementation of the
>                   OOXML specification/*/: Microsoft Office 2007
>                   produces a special version of OOXML, not a file
>                   format which complies with the OOXML specification;/
>                   3. /There is /*/missing information from the
>                   specification/*/ document, for example how to do a
>                   /*/autoSpaceLikeWord95/*/ or
>                   /*/useWord97LineBreakRules/*/;/
>                   4. /More than /*/10% of the examples mentioned in
>                   the proposed standard do not validate/*/ as XML;/
>                   5. /There is /*/no guarantee that anybody can write
>                   a software/*/ that fully or partially implements the
>                   OOXML specification /*/without being liable to
>                   patent damages or patent license fees by Microsoft/*/;/
>                   6. /This /*/standard proposal conflicts with other
>                   ISO standards/*/, such as ISO 8601 (Representation
>                   of dates and times), ISO 639 (Codes for the
>                   Representation of Names and Languages) or ISO/IEC
>                   10118-3 (cryptographic hash);/
>                   7. /There is /*/a bug in the spreadsheet file format
>                   which forbids to enter any date before the year
>                   1900/*/: such bugs affects the OOXML specification
>                   as well as software versions such as Microsoft Excel
>                   2000, XP, 2003 or 2007./
>                   8. /This /*/standard proposal has not been created
>                   by bringing together the experience and expertise of
>                   all interested parties/*/ (such as the producers,
>                   sellers, buyers, users and regulators), but by
>                   Microsoft alone./ 
>
> <http://www.noooxml.org/petition>
> http://www.noooxml.org/petition
>
> So Malaysians and others, go ahead, click the above and sign the 
> petition.
>
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> Posted by Hasan on Monday, 25 June 2007 at 05:26 PM in _OOXML_ 
> <http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/ooxml/index.html#more>, 
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