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Somehow i got involved in this discussion and ended up posting a number of comments explaining the how and why behind Microsoft's push for ISO approval of MS-OOXML. I have been working on a paper titled, "Breaking the Web to Ride the Great Wave". Breaking the Web is what will happen once ISO approves MS-OOXML. The MIcrosoft Stack of Web Servers (Exchange, SharePoint, MS-SQL Server) are integrated into the MSOffice-Outlook desktop. The MS desktop dominates much of the document workflows and business processes of the commercial world. ISO approval of the MSOffice specific MS-OOXML will legitamize MSOffice as an editor of standardized web ready docuemnts. But how MS-OOXML docuemnts become "Web REady" is tricky. In the December 2007 MSOffice SDK beta, we see how this is done. The SDK provides a conversion component for the quick high fidelity conversion of MS-OOXML documents to XAML. XAML is a proprietary part of the WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) layer of the .NET framework, and is easily paried with Silverlight. Sometimes XAML is referred to as "fixed/flow". XAML is an MS proprietary replacement for the W3C's (X)HTML. Billions of MSOffice docuemnts will make their way to the Web using this SDK converter. The path for transitioning the monopolist hold on desktop business processes to the monopolist stack of web servers is set with this converter. ISO approval of MS-OOXML will enable Microsoft to dodge brining their desktop editor into compliance with advancing W3C standards such as (X)HTML, CSS 3, XForms, SVG and RDF. Instead of these open standards, transitioning business processes will be locked into MS only dependencies; XAML, Silverlight, WinForms, and Smart Tags. The breaking of the web results in a consumer/business cloud dependent on MS proprietary technologies that are out of the reach of Firefox, Apache, Java, and Adobe technologies. Google won't be able to penetrate the business stack, and will be kept very busy trying to defen

Incredible cut to the heart of the matter

Incredible cut to the heart of the matter

Incredible cut to the heart of the matter

Public posturing in overdrive.  Warp speed overdrive. 

The "Backwards Compatibility" issue is all the rage at ISO, with the September vote on MS OOXML just a month away.

Microsoft and Sun (We've Been Had!) are arguing that ISO should approve MS OOXML (Microsoft OfficeOpenXML) because OOXML offers a backwards compatibility with the legacy of existing billions of binary documents.

This oft sighted history of Microsoft's reprehensible business practices is worth citing once again before the nations of the world go down that treacherous path towards ratifying Microsoft's proprietary systems and products as international standards.

Ouch! The other shoe has dropped.

Ouch! The other shoe has dropped.

Ouch! The other shoe has dropped.

Another great post from Sam. Maybe he'll soon be talking about what really happened in Massachusetts? Sam starts off his discussion with the plexnex traffic metrics. Soon enough though, he gets into OpenDocument, the Foundation's plugin, and events in

Another great post from Sam. Maybe he'll soon be talking about what really happened in Massachusetts? Sam starts off his discussion with the plexnex traffic metrics. Soon enough though, he gets into OpenDocument, the Foundation's plugin, and events in

Another great post from Sam. Maybe he'll soon be talking about what really happened in Massachusetts? Sam starts off his discussion with the plexnex traffic metrics. Soon enough though, he gets into OpenDocument, the Foundation's plugin, and events in

Wrack up another loss for the forces of freedom. Birmingham is lucky to get out cheap. Munich raced by the $3,000 per PC mark with no end in sight. Massachusetts is lost in never never land. Sowhat's going on? Why is it so costly to move off the Wind

Wrack up another loss for the forces of freedom. Birmingham is lucky to get out cheap. Munich raced by the $3,000 per PC mark with no end in sight. Massachusetts is lost in never never land. Sowhat's going on? Why is it so costly to move off the Wind

Wrack up another loss for the forces of freedom. Birmingham is lucky to get out cheap. Munich raced by the $3,000 per PC mark with no end in sight. Massachusetts is lost in never never land. Sowhat's going on? Why is it so costly to move off the Wind

hey great comment!

hey great comment!

hey great comment!

Alist of news stories i'm tagging at DiGG

Alist of news stories i'm tagging at DiGG

Alist of news stories i'm tagging at DiGG

Microsoft's bid to get its Open XML formats recognised as an international standard faces a delay for at least three months and could fail altogether, it emerged today.

Microsoft's bid to get its Open XML formats recognised as an international standard faces a delay for at least three months and could fail altogether, it emerged today.

Microsoft's bid to get its Open XML formats recognised as an international standard faces a delay for at least three months and could fail altogether, it emerged today.

Excellent summary from Edward Macnaghten. It all comes down to this: OOXML is designed entirely to extend the Microsoft Desktop Monopoly, leveraging that monopolist control into server systems, devices and the future of the Internet

Excellent summary from Edward Macnaghten. It all comes down to this: OOXML is designed entirely to extend the Microsoft Desktop Monopoly, leveraging that monopolist control into server systems, devices and the future of the Internet

Excellent summary from Edward Macnaghten. It all comes down to this: OOXML is designed entirely to extend the Microsoft Desktop Monopoly, leveraging that monopolist control into server systems, devices and the future of the Internet

The blog itself really sucks, but the comments are explosive and well worth reading. Especially Stephan's summary response. It's clear that Microsoft's entire justification for OOXML rests on the billions of binary documents that only Microsoft knows th

The blog itself really sucks, but the comments are explosive and well worth reading. Especially Stephan's summary response. It's clear that Microsoft's entire justification for OOXML rests on the billions of binary documents that only Microsoft knows th

The blog itself really sucks, but the comments are explosive and well worth reading. Especially Stephan's summary response. It's clear that Microsoft's entire justification for OOXML rests on the billions of binary documents that only Microsoft knows th

The fast track problem may be more serious than most think.  NB's such as the USA Department of Commerce NiST authorized ANSI/INCiTS group, who have opted to keep Ecma 376 on the fast track, may have compromised their legal standing with sponsoring governments. 

As it sits, an ISO/IEC ratification of Ecam 376 would violate International Trade Agreements.  Without a diligent and careful review / amendment of Ecma 376, ISO/IEC is going to find itself in a difficult to explain position.

A wide array of Microsoft sponsored and business affiliated technical punditry has weighed in arguing on behalf of fast tracking Ecma 376, even though the contradictions with existing ISO/IEC product 26300 are <b><a href="http://www.grokdoc.net/index.php/EOOXML_objections"&gt;legion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.

Marbux is one legal expert quite familiar with International Law and Trade Agreements, and their impact on International Standards.  He has researched the Ecma 376 ISO/IEC contradiictions and fast track process with such thoroughness that his commentary, <b><a href="http://www.opendocumentfellowship.org/node/303"&gt;What is a contradiction at ISO?</a></b> has become a must read. 

~ge~

The fast track problem may be more serious than most think. NB's such as the USA Department of Commerce NiST authorized ANSI/INCiTS group, who have opted to keep Ecma 376 on the fast track, may have compromised their legal standing with sponsoring govern

The fast track problem may be more serious than most think. NB's such as the USA Department of Commerce NiST authorized ANSI/INCiTS group, who have opted to keep Ecma 376 on the fast track, may have compromised their legal standing with sponsoring govern

Great article by Evan Leibovitch.  His approach to the issue of MS Ecma 376 is refreshingly different in that he sees the success of OpenDocument as a user challenge to years of softwware vendor control: 

"For the first time in decades, major IT users are challenging the traditional proprietary formats used by software programs...."

Evan goes on to sight Rob Weirs blog as evidence that MS Ecma 376 continues the long traditon of vendor control through the binidng of file formats to proprietary applications. 

Great article by Evan Leibovitch. His approach to the issue of MS Ecma 376 is refreshingly different in that he sees the success of OpenDocument as a user challenge to years of softwware vendor control:

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Great article by Evan Leibovitch. His approach to the issue of MS Ecma 376 is refreshingly different in that he sees the success of OpenDocument as a user challenge to years of softwware vendor control:

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ANSI/INCiTS has completed their review of Ecma 376, and is ready to cast their ISO/IEC Contradiction Review Phase Fast Track Ballot in favor of Ecma 376 being rammed through ISO. Guess who's carrying Microsoft's water?

ANSI/INCiTS has completed their review of Ecma 376, and is ready to cast their ISO/IEC Contradiction Review Phase Fast Track Ballot in favor of Ecma 376 being rammed through ISO. Guess who's carrying Microsoft's water?

ANSI/INCiTS has completed their review of Ecma 376, and is ready to cast their ISO/IEC Contradiction Review Phase Fast Track Ballot in favor of Ecma 376 being rammed through ISO. Guess who's carrying Microsoft's water?

Looks like the road to open standards now detours through Redmond, Washington.  Can we still call the destiny "open standards" if proposals have to be filtered through the Microsoft business plan for world domination?  This is not a good day for America.

The British Standards Institute, which represents the UK with the International Standards Organization, has issued a " contradiction" to Microsoft's specification.

The British Standards Institute, which represents the UK with the International Standards Organization, has issued a " contradiction" to Microsoft's specification.