Fwd: [LINK] and it's Australia's turn on August 9

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Janet Hawtin wrote:
> On 7/24/07, Howard Lowndes <lannet at lannet.com.au> wrote:
>> Re: Microsoft OOXML and the AS/NZ standards meeting.
>>
>> Is anyone from LINK/SLUG across this one??
>>
>> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070723235113424
> 
> My understanding is that comments might not be 'heard' at this point
> and that internationally the groups making these decisions have been
> swamped with new members from MS. I am not involved in the process in
> AU.

Couldn't find it or the relevant committee at
http://www.standards.org.au
or in the current list of draft standards seeking public comment here
<http://www.saiglobal.com/shop/Drafts/ForComment.asp?Db=AS&DocType=drafts&SearchType=newdraft&HDRID=1&max=300&OrderBy=published+date&SFld1=comment+after&SVal1=25/7/2007>

Marghanita

> 
> http://www.noooxml.org/arguments
> http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/04/math-markup-marked-down.html
> http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-14606/rumors-of-microsoft-blackmail-in-new-zealand 
> 
> http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-14463/microsoft-recruiting-puppets-in-australia 
> 
> http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=20051216153153504
> 
> I am a lay person so my lay understanding is that people with a
> different business model or who are not favoured by Microsoft would be
> at risk in working with ooxml
> because it contains proprietary code. In an era where DRM and TPM have
> been embedded in our laws it is possible to make a felon of someone
> who develops interfacing with material which is not fully open.
> This means that structurally the ooxml is not an open standard.
> The political processes including the fast track, branch stacking, etc
> make it even less unlikely to me that ooxml would be used in an open
> standard kind of way.
> In this instance to me the means used to promote ooxml speak clearly
> about how safe the format would be for the wider community.
> 
> My understanding is that John Oxer has written a letter from linux.org.au
> Letters from other parties cannot hurt.
> 
> Janet
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