Microsoft Blasts IBM Over XML Standards 323
carlmenezes writes "Ars Technica has up an article discussing Microsoft's latest salvo against IBM. Microsoft's open letter to IBM adds fresh ammunition to the battle of words between those who support Microsoft's Open XML and OpenOffice.org's OpenDocument file formats. Microsoft has strong words for IBM, which it accuses of deliberately trying to sabotage Microsoft's attempt to get Open XML certified as a standard by the ECMA. In the letter, general managers Tom Robertson and Jean Paol write: 'When ODF was under consideration, Microsoft made no effort to slow down the process because we recognized customers' interest in the standardization of document formats.' In contrast, the authors charge that IBM 'led a global campaign' urging that governments and other organizations demand that International Standards Organization (ISO) reject Open XML outright."
IBM or Microsoft (Score:4, Funny)
Open XML is an open standard (Score:5, Funny)
Details here [microsoft.com].
why would IBM do such a thing? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:IBM or Microsoft (Score:3, Funny)
Install Linux, pretend that your laptop is a generic Chinese copy...
Have peace of mind, start coding...
(unofficial) IBM response (except not IBM) (Score:5, Funny)
Hey Microsoft! We don't just hate you: fact is, your OpenXML spec is an appalling dump heap overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable, mangled up in tangled up knots! I mean, we at IBM know a brain-damaged document format when we see one (heck, we invented plenty of them ourselves) and trust us, this one takes the cake. Ratification of this garbage could set the word processing industry back about twenty years. So don't give us the "customer's interest" line. We know what this is all about: this is about YOU.
Disclaimer: I don't work for IBM (anymore|yet) and these ain't IBM opinions. Well, not official opinions, anyway. ^^
Re:IBM or Microsoft (Score:2, Funny)
Could the IBM product function without the MS one ? Yes, you could download an alternative OS for free.
Could the MS product function without the IBM one ? No.
Go with IBM, brother.
Chris-
Re:I don't know about you guys (Score:1, Funny)
Re:why would IBM do such a thing? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:IBM or Microsoft (Score:4, Funny)
Whats that I hear? (Score:2, Funny)
ECMA approval (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Microsoft is being disingenuous (Score:2, Funny)
I'm not sure which is more amazing, that they made Hell holy, or that they raised it.
Considering though we're talking about Microsoft, i'm not sure it needs to make sense.
Re:IBM or Microsoft (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Microsoft is being disingenuous (Score:3, Funny)
Re:They both suck. (Score:4, Funny)
There is a new viewer/editor program for OpenOffice.org files called, wait for it, "OpenOffice.org."
After installing the new OpenOffice.org file viewer/editor program, you will have the ability to open, view, edit and close ODF files without needing a separate compression utility.
It's like MAGIC!
Re:They both suck. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:They cannot possibly be serious. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:IBM or Microsoft (Score:2, Funny)
the kicker: (Score:4, Funny)
Re:IBM or Microsoft (Score:2, Funny)
Re:They both suck. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:They both suck. (Score:3, Funny)
Is that the spec for OpenXML 2009?