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Mar 25, 2011 5:41 PM
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Ahh, the age old game of standards.
Linux zealots deeply care about FOSS standard specifications and encourage people to switch from Office Open XML to OpenDocument. The problem? It may not work.
The Linux zealots will reply with “It worked for me!” statements at you. They want you to use OpenDocument.
Really, who cares? BlockAllNonGNUStandards™ is the age old trademark.
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I really love the OOXML vs ODF argument.
One might assume it’s a case similar to WebM vs H.264, but no:
Both formats are put under a irrevocable patent grant.
...and now it comes. ODF is covered by Microsoft patents, too. In fact, it’s the same Open Specification Promise securing both standards. Only that ODF is also patent covered by Oracle/Sun, as well as IBM.
Not to mention that ODF is clearly technically inferior to OOXML (still no stable spec with a spreadsheet formula language, lol), it is also not taking other standards in account and implementing the parts where it relies on other standards most times only partially.
Needz more linkz, young 'un.
ODF is not a “GNU standard”.
And here’s Adam playing the “DISASSOCIATE DISASSOCIATE DISASSOCIATE NOW” game.
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