http://groups.diigo.com/opendocument/bookmark/tag/gpl+xml Bookmarks from OpenDocument tagged by gpl+xml Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:46:01 -0000 http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dghfk5w9_43f2cmkj <p></p><p><strong>Comments:</strong><ul><li><font face="Tahoma" size="4">Published May 22, 2007, this comment was written in the aftermath of List Enhancement Proposal donnybrook at the ODF OASIS TC.<br /><br />It was at the height of our List Enhancement battle with Sun that OASIS stepped in their threat to boot the OpenDocument Foundation.&nbsp; OASIS carried out that threat in May.&nbsp; The lesson we learned is clear and unequivocal.&nbsp; Opposition to Sun, in either the marketplace (da Vinci) or in the OASIS ODF TC, can be quite hazzardous to your health.<br /><br />Not that this comes as any surprise.&nbsp; Nearly five years ago in 2002, when i first joined OASIS to work on OpenDocument, it was clear that OASIS was a big vendor consortia.&nbsp; While OASIS does have an affordable "<a href="http://www.lawnjockey.com/images_jocko_N.jpg">Lawn Jockey</a>" program, Sun is clearly calling all the shots on the OASIS ODF TC.&nbsp; This is why ODF is bound so tightly to the OpenOffice feature set.<br /><br />Still, we thought the </font><font face="Tahoma" size="4">"<a href="http://www.lawnjockey.com/images_jocko_N.jpg">Lawn Jockey</a>" loophole could be used to balance out the interests and control of the OASIS big vendors.&nbsp; We were wrong.&nbsp; And it took near five years for the obvious to finally sink.&nbsp; Well, "sink in" thanks to the OASIS hammer and boot.<br /><br />~ge~<br /><br /></font> <small>posted by <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/opendocument/bookmark/garyedwards">garyedwards</a></small></li></ul></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/opendocument/bookmark/tag/gpl">gpl</a> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/opendocument/bookmark/tag/iso">iso</a> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/opendocument/bookmark/tag/oasis">oasis</a> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/opendocument/bookmark/tag/odf">odf</a> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/opendocument/bookmark/tag/ooxml">ooxml</a> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/opendocument/bookmark/tag/xml">xml</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/opendocument/bookmark/garyedwards">garyedwards</a></p> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:46:01 -0000