blog/data/2009-08-08-ooxml-defects.txt

   1 Title: ISO still hope to fix OOXML
   2 Tags: english, nuug, standard
   3 Date: 2009-08-08 14:00
   4
   5 <p>According to <a
   6 href="http://twerner.blogspot.com/2009/08/defects-of-office-open-xml.html">a
   7 blog post from Torsten Werner</a>, the current defect report for ISO
   8 29500 (ISO OOXML) is 809 pages.  His interesting point is that the
   9 defect report is 71 pages more than the full ODF 1.1 specification.
  10 Personally I find it more interesting that ISO still believe ISO OOXML
  11 can be fixed in ISO.  Personally, I believe it is broken beyon repair,
  12 and I completely lack any trust in ISO for being able to get anywhere
  13 close to solving the problems.  I was part of the Norwegian committee
  14 involved in the OOXML fast track process, and was not impressed with
  15 Standard Norway and ISO in how they handled it.</p>
  16
  17 <p>These days I focus on ODF instead, which seem like a specification
  18 with the future ahead of it.  We are working in NUUG to organise a ODF
  19 seminar this autumn.</p>