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

[Raja Iskandar Shah]

mistake !

it should be office open xml and not open office xml !



Raja Iskandar Shah wrote:
> 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:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *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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