[OpenISO] Fwd: [Osia-discuss] Even if OOXML becomes an ISO standard, Microsoft wont promise to abide by it.

[Tonnerre LOMBARD]

Salut,

On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 09:48:05AM +0930, Janet Hawtin wrote:
> "It's hard for Microsoft to commit to what comes out of Ecma [the
> European standards group that has already ok'd OOXML] in the coming
> years, because we don't know what direction they will take the formats.
> We'll of course stay active and propose changes based on where we want
> to go with Office 14. At the end of the day, though, the other Ecma
> members could decide to take the spec in a completely different
> direction. ... Since it's not guaranteed, it would be hard for us to
> make any sort of official statement."
> 
> Now that's cynical. After all this work to make OOXML a formal,
> independent standard — a standard created and promoted by Microsoft,
> remember — Microsoft won't agree to follow it.

That is odd, since the Microsoft Switzerland representative gave us his
mail address and promised to handle any deviation from the standards as
a bug in Office.

				Tonnerre
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