I just signed the petition against OOXML to become an ISO standard [1].
Microsoft is trying to make it's own defined OOXML format an ISO standard. OOXML is an Office format.
So what is the deal with this format? and why not make it a standard?
I'll tell you why:
- Standards are good, everyone likes standards and comply to them except for Microsoft.
- There is already a standard for office documents, ODF (Open Document Format), why doesn't Microsoft conform to it, well i say it can't, it never did conform to any standard why this should be any different? It doesn't comply to any standard other than it's own intrests.
- The specification of the OOXML format has problems, too many problems. To read more about it check out NoOOXML [2]
- The specification is patented, it's not Free.
Dear readers, i urge you to sign the petition against OOXML [1]