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IBM Open-Source Expert Criticizes Standards Process

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Any of the ISO and IEC national bodies can lodge a formal appeal over the next two months, before the Office Open XML standard is published. Criticism and calls for an investigation have come close on the heels of the formal announcement that Microsoft's Office Open XML file formats had received the necessary number of votes for approval as an ISO/IEC international standard.

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Comments (2)

Bob_Robertson ·
So when is IBM going to convert all its applications to using ODF?

Or, for that matter, Linux?

(Unless Lotus Notes has already been ported, which I last heard had not yet happened.)
herzeleid ·
I'm using lotus notes 8 for linux at work - it bundles openoffice for the productivity stuff, and calls an external browser (firefox) for the web part.

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