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Comment Re:on the openness of OOXML (Score 1) 171

by raj0_ on Saturday March 22, 2008 @02:35PM (#22830772) Attached to: India Votes Against OOXML

Microsoft is working hard on making OOXML as open as it needs to be in order to meet the requirements of the relevant decision-makers.

So why do you think they started creating their own format in the first place? Why should you create another format if there already is an open one? You definetly don't take this struggle if you want to allow everybody else to use it; but rather to save the monopol in the word processor sector.

But if you think that ODF can survive in competition against OOXML if both are ISO standards

As this will never happen I would not worry about it. And of course it could survive. Many state organisations already use ODF... They sure will convert all their docs to OOXML if it becomes an ISO standard^^

India Votes Against OOXML 171

Posted by kdawson on Saturday March 22, 2008 @01:42PM from the one-down dept.

harsha_c sends in a local Indian perspective on the vote against Microsoft's OOXML ahead of the March 29 deadline. Of 19 companies participating, only 5 voted in favor of OOXML. "It was the ultimate battle for control over global IT standard for documents — between Microsoft-promoted OOXML and Sun and IBM-backed Open Document Format. It was played out between Indian IT giants, namely Infosys, Wipro, TCS supported by Nasscom on one side and the global IT biggies like IBM, Sun Microsystems, Red Hat backed by te IITs, IIMs and IISc on the other, on their respective positions on Microsoft's OOXML standard. Microsoft understandably expressed its disspointment. 'While we are disappointed with the decision of the BIS committee, we are encouraged by the support from NASSCOM.'

What Happens To Bounced @Donotreply.com E-Mails 286

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