Gartner: Open XML “would have been a better choice than ODF as the single standard”

re: Gartner: Open XML “would have been a better choice than ODF as the single standard”

StefanWord2k — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:02:26 GMT

I think there are even issues of interoperability within Open XML. Most important questions for customers going to use Office 2007 are:

1. How interoperable will the current Office 2007 Open XML formats be with the new ISO Office Open XML formats?

2. For how many years will the current Office 2007 Open XML formats be readable and fully supported in Microsoft's new Office Editions?

Please let us know, so we have a base to decide whether it's a good idea to switch over from legacy formats to Office 2007 Open XML formats or if it's more advisable to wait for the implementation of ISO Open XML.

[Open XML] Les liens de la semaine 17/11/08 et autres infos en vrac

Julien Chable — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:39:27 GMT

Comme à l'accoutumé, voici une brochettes de liens de la semaine sur Open XML. Posts techniques en vrac

re: Gartner: Open XML “would have been a better choice than ODF as the single standard”

Xeibo@gmail.com — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:29:18 GMT

Microsoft (Ok, not MS but an analyst firm funded by MS) releases a study about how OOXML is better than ODF...

Hmnn are we back to February or something?

By the way, why are you using the misleading "Open XML" tag? IT is NOT Open XML , it is "Office open XML" while in reality it means "optionally-open xml", please don't mislead like that.

re: Gartner: Open XML “would have been a better choice than ODF as the single standard”

Gray Knowlton — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:24:45 GMT

Xeibo@gmail.com,

We did not fund this report. This is a Gartner Research note, one of many that they create and publish.

But I agree, it is pretty sad when people show up on my blog trying to smear the formats or smear people who make comments about them. I thought we were past that as well.

re: Gartner: Open XML “would have been a better choice than ODF as the single standard”

Jesper Lund Stocholm — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:46:46 GMT

Hi Gray,

Did Microsoft or Gartner decide to prevent print-out of the document?

(and could you please see to that it is "undone"?)

:o)

/Jesper

re: Gartner: Open XML “would have been a better choice than ODF as the single standard”

Gray Knowlton — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:58:16 GMT

Gartner is in control of these rights, not me. Unfortunately there isn't anything for me to do about this apart from asking you to save a tree :).

re: Gartner: Open XML “would have been a better choice than ODF as the single standard”

Jesper Lund Stocholm — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:34:07 GMT

Gray,

Well, it must be one of those occasions where you are f***** either way. Given a choice between saving a tree and the added CarbonDioxide-emission from reading it on my laptop (and the extra weight in the bus from the added 6 lbs) I'm not really sure what to pick.

:o)