[COLUG] OpenXML

[Rob Funk]

On Tue 8 April 2008 11:29am Mark Erbaugh wrote:
> I just received an email from Microsoft that Office OpenXML (ISO/IEC
> DIS 29500) will be approved as an international standard.  Is this a
> good thing for Linux?

No.

The standard is 6000 pages long, not including other *unpublished* 
information that is incorporated by reference, simply for compatibility 
with older versions of MS Office.  Basically nobody but Microsoft can 
write software that complies with it.

A Google search for OOXML turns up lots more information.

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