ConsortiumInfo: ComputerWorld’s ODF/OOXML Trifecta…

“The first item that broke over the weekend was the not wholly
unanticipated news that ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC1)
has approved ECMA 376 (a/k/a the format formerly known as Microsoft
OOXML) to progress into the five month second phase of the Fast
Track process. That story appears to have been first reported by
Eric Lai, at ComputerWorld. And the second and third stories that
I’ve noticed (so far) are by Carol Sliwa, also of ComputerWorld. In
the first, Carol once again interviews Louis Gutierrez, the former
Massachusetts CIO. And in the second, she reports on a poll of
CIO’s in which she asked whether they would consider implementing
ODF.

“Both of these journalists have provided excellent coverage to
the ODF/OOXML story. It always pays to pay special attention when
they have something to say, because each has provided some of the
most carefully researched stories. Lately, Eric has been first to
break several stories, while Carol went to the trouble last summer
of filing the Massachusetts’ equivalent of Freedom of Information
Act requests that uncovered the real facts regarding Microsoft’s
lobbying (and more) in Massachusetts. And in the ‘welcome back’
department, PJ at Groklaw (who has also followed ODF and OOXML
tirelessly) weighs in with her own insights on several of these
stories here…”

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