Isn't it funny...
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| Author | Content |
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| techiem2 Oct 09, 2008 1:11 PM EDT |
that they are upset about the "leaking" of documentation describing an "open" standard? What's so open about it if you can't read the documentation? |
| gus3 Oct 09, 2008 1:29 PM EDT |
On the flip side, who can read the standard? Seriously, has anyone at ISO actually read this abomination, end-to-end? |
| tuxchick Oct 09, 2008 2:01 PM EDT |
Quoting: Seriously, has anyone at ISO actually read this abomination, end-to-end? Maybe they have, and that is why they want it hidden. |
| jezuch Oct 09, 2008 3:17 PM EDT |
Was it released... sorry, leaked in the OOXML format? |
| jsusanka Oct 09, 2008 4:06 PM EDT |
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Seriously, has anyone at ISO actually read this abomination, end-to-end? Maybe they have, and that is why they want it hidden." even though it is leaked nobody can still inter-operate with it. but we are out of toilet paper here at work maybe I will download it and re-supply the bathroom. |
| mortenalver Oct 09, 2008 4:09 PM EDT |
Even if this were a good standard, I think they would be upset since ISO makes a lot of money selling standards in print. |
| techiem2 Oct 09, 2008 4:21 PM EDT |
Quoting:Even if this were a good standard, I think they would be upset since ISO makes a lot of money selling standards in print. Which is again at odds with the whole idea of open standards. I understand selling printed copies (after all, ink is expensive and many companies would rather pay for it pre-printed than to do it themselves), but the standard documentation should still be freely available for download under an appropriate license (which apparently it isn't judging by the claims of copyright infringement, etc.). |
| mortenalver Oct 09, 2008 4:28 PM EDT |
Quoting:Which is again at odds with the whole idea of open standards. I understand selling printed copies (after all, ink is expensive and many companies would rather pay for it pre-printed than to do it themselves), but the standard documentation should still be freely available for download under an appropriate license (which apparently it isn't judging by the claims of copyright infringement, etc.). Agreed - freely available download should be part of the definition of an open standard. |
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