Got FUD? Here’s a guide for the perplexed

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Claim Blog » Blog Archive » Got FUD? Here???s a guide for the perplexed — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:09:15 GMT

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Rob Weir — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:22:36 GMT

Thanks for the link Gray. It is always good to hear from a fan. Did you just figure out that I oppose OOXML?

As for ODF promotion, I'm trying hard to steer ODF-related content to the ODF Adoption TC's site at http://opendocument.xml.org or to the ODF Alliance rather than my personal blog. It's a community thing. Outside of Microsoft, no one really reads my blog anyways.

re: Got FUD? Here’s a guide for the perplexed

Gray Knowlton — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:57:34 GMT

This just in... Rob Weir opposes Open XML... Not news really. I was just surprised to see the difference between what you and Bob are saying.

I noted the OpenDocument.xml.org page, it is very similar in kind to http://www.openxmlcommunity.org, both are great places to gauge the amount of activity underway 'in the wild' with the two formats.

re: Got FUD? Here’s a guide for the perplexed

Nicos Tsilas — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:26:02 GMT

Re: OXML Policy Positions

Hi Gray - I'm the Microsoft employee referenced in Bob's blog. If your readers want to find out more about Microsoft’s OXML policy positions please go to http://www.microsoft.com/office/openxmlpolicy or http://www.openxmlcommunity.org/

At the end of the day this is and should continue to be all about choice and empowering users. Choice to pick the best standard that meets their needs. People should really question any entity that is advocating anything that would limit their choice and ultimately competition and innovation.

http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2008/1/31/itfeature/20157380&sec=itfeature

Regards,

Nicos Tsilas

http://pbokelly.blogspot.com/2008/02/gray-matter-got-fud-heres-guide-for.html

TrackBack — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:24:03 GMT

re: Got FUD? Here’s a guide for the perplexed

Fredrik E. Nilsen — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:57:53 GMT

Rob Weir said:

"Outside of Microsoft, no one really reads my blog anyways".

I think you are wrong about your audience. I'm not employed by Microsoft and I read your blog frequently to try to find some interesting information about ODF. The problem is that I can only find "information" about OOXML. I even tried to ask you some questions about Lotus Symphony, ODF and interoperability but it seems like my questions got lost in cyberspace. Or did you by any chance delete them?

Respect for open standards? You decide

Noticias externas — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:53:59 GMT

I was a bit surprised to see the news recently that Open Forum Europe is working with some large US-based

Balancing the opinions on ODF TC Members

Gray Matter — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:28:57 GMT

Given my remarks about the current chair of the OASIS ODF TC , I thought I'd round out my ODF related

Imagine ...

El blog de Hector Montenegro — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:23:01 GMT

¿Os imagináis que OpenXML fuera tremendamente eficaz? ¿Os imagináis que cualquiera pudiera tener la capacidad

“I am rubber, you are glue…”

Gray Matter — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:01:57 GMT

Rob Weir is apparently offended that someone would suggest that ODF is controlled by a single vendor,

re: Got FUD? Here’s a guide for the perplexed

Viral Tarpara — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:19:40 GMT

How long did it take you to write this post? I'm impressed!

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Gray Knowlton — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:29:46 GMT

Heh, Viralta, it took me about 15 minutes of actual writing time, most posts don't take much more than that; the linking and fact-checking can consume a few cycles though. The reading, of couse, takes a bit, especially when the material is as confused as this. The reading part took me about 2 years.

re: Got FUD? Here’s a guide for the perplexed

Dave S. — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:35:49 GMT

How does Rob's pointing out that a feature clearly required to accurately format the output for a document should be defined in a format standard negate his position that saving the last view or print settings for a specific application need not be?

Russian Cows and Adolescent Boys

Gray Matter — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:51:13 GMT

Patrick Durusau has picked up on a thread that I regard as somewhat important (and underplayed) in the

re: Got FUD? Here’s a guide for the perplexed

Peter Davis — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:52:28 GMT

Despite your claim to contrary "I have more to do than criticize Rob Weir" you obviously haven't got anything better to do! So who payed you to do this?

20 minutes of my life wasted.

re: Got FUD? Here’s a guide for the perplexed

Gray Knowlton — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:59:51 GMT

Hi Peter,

I do have a lot of better things to do, but unfortunately there's this problem of gross factual error being spread about my products / company and Open XML that warrant coorrection.

Add another minute to your total.