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OOXML: Why Is It Bad, and What Can We Do?

Why is OOXML a bad standard? What does it mean for open source developers? And what, if anything, can menbers of the open source community do, now that OOXML has been adopted by the ISO?

We love to talk about open standards in the computer industry. But how do such standards get created? The story of OOXML, officially accepted as of today by the ISO, is a cautionary tale.


OStatic Buffer Overflow......

It's official. The ISO has approved Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) as an international standard, after much controversy--analysis above.....

ZDNet has a good post on Gartner researchers' preview of an upcoming report on open source, which claims that by 2013 Linux deployments won't save the money they do now.....

Zoto, a well-liked photo sharing site with AJAX and social features, has its code base up on Google Code.....