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:KDE Takes Stand on OOXML; GNOME Dithers
KDE Takes Stand on OOXML; GNOME Dithers
Dec 10, 2007, 16 :00 UTC (32 Talkback[s]) (7490 reads)

(Other stories by Sam Varghese)

"Three cheers for the developers and management of the K Desktop Environment. They have taken a principled stand on the divisive issue of OOXML, the Microsoft Office Open XML document format. And for this the KDE folk deserve a round of applause.

"Microsoft has been trying to push OOXML as an ISO standard in opposition to the Open Document Format (ODF) which has been championed by OpenOffice.org and its variants. Microsoft has thus far failed in its attempts..."

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It's sad that the GNOME foundation h ...   Ironic   
kelaklub
Dec 10, 2007, 16:24:01
 
   Do they want to alienate most of the  ...   What's with the Gnome foundation?   
wsd
Dec 10, 2007, 17:09:11
 
> It's sad that the GNOME foundation ...   Re: Ironic   
Kavey
Dec 10, 2007, 17:35:10
 
GNOME leadership hasn't been able to ...   Poorly relayed   
Robert Devi
Dec 10, 2007, 17:55:32
 
they didn't TURN into that - they ha ...   Re: Ironic   
vm
Dec 10, 2007, 18:06:10
 
I'm not sure what Oracle has anythin ...   Re: Re: Ironic   
Robert Devi
Dec 10, 2007, 19:51:11
 
I would rather someone attempt to clean  ...   Re: Re: Ironic   
kelaklub
Dec 10, 2007, 20:07:35
 
ISO standard or not, in a few years all  ...   We're kind of hosed either way, aren't we&   
Alan
Dec 10, 2007, 20:26:10
 
>> anyone still believing that gnome, fs ...   Re: Re: Ironic   
Jose_X
Dec 10, 2007, 20:26:26
 
...Think about it, Microsoft is going to ...   re: Kavey   
Brandioch Conner
Dec 10, 2007, 21:35:22
 
> No matter what the published "standard ...   Re: re: Kavey   
Kavey
Dec 10, 2007, 21:50:44
 
some of the people involved in the devel ...   its all about warts   
patrick_darcy
Dec 10, 2007, 21:58:41
 
OR attempt to make Microsoft adhere to t ...   re;re;Ironic   
taurnil
Dec 10, 2007, 22:08:39
 
>> Or are you advocating we all abandon  ...   Re: Re: Re: Ironic   
vm
Dec 10, 2007, 22:09:03
 
m$ has talked up XML based documents sin ...   been hearing about 'XML' based standards s   
vm
Dec 10, 2007, 22:16:21
 
>When has "childish" ever been defined a ...   Re: re: Kavey   
Dean Pannell (aka dinotrac)
Dec 10, 2007, 23:04:14
 
Surely the attitude which Gnome should a ...   Attitude of Gnome to Office Open XML   
Ted Swart
Dec 11, 2007, 00:31:04
 
"It's sad that the GNOME foundation  ...   Knee-jerk reactions   
Bernard Swiss
Dec 11, 2007, 00:35:02
 
"It's sad that the GNOME foundation  ...   Knee-jerk reactions   
Bernard Swiss
Dec 11, 2007, 00:36:19
 
You said in a few years everyone will be ...   Re: We're kind of hosed either way, aren't   
Jose_X
Dec 11, 2007, 05:15:44
 
If the Gnome effort leads to a clarified ...   Benefits?   
Yim
Dec 11, 2007, 07:33:06
 
Sorry, I just realized on re-reading tha ...   Re:benefits   
Yim
Dec 11, 2007, 07:42:20
 
 I would rather someone attempt to clean ...   Re: Re: Re: Ironic   
GreyGeek
Dec 11, 2007, 13:56:19
 
 ISO standard or not, in a few years all ...   Re: We're kind of hosed either way, aren't   
GreyGeek
Dec 11, 2007, 14:13:05
 
>  I would rather someone attempt to cle ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Ironic   
Kavey
Dec 11, 2007, 14:28:45
 
The goals and intentions voiced by GNOME ...   The problem was in how ...   
Roger Moore
Dec 11, 2007, 15:14:41
 
> The problem was that by doing early im ...   Re: The problem was in how ...   
Dean Pannell (aka dinotrac)
Dec 11, 2007, 16:02:06
 
> Think about it for a second.  If Micro ...   Re: Re: The problem was in how ...   
Roger Moore
Dec 11, 2007, 19:22:59
 
If OXML is not adopted as a standard the ...   Re: We're kind of hosed either way, aren't   
Ghostcat
Dec 11, 2007, 19:31:55
 
>> If the Gnome effort leads to a clarif ...   Re: Benefits?   
Jose_X
Dec 19, 2007, 12:15:00
 
>> You can't just tell a child they  ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Ironic   
Jose_X
Dec 19, 2007, 12:27:17
 
OOXML fails because it should first inco ...   Open standards based on open standards   
Jose_X
Dec 19, 2007, 12:47:11
 
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