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OOXML Analysis

This library of resources is intended to help policy makers better understand the implications of Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) formats as they concern governments, citizens, developers, and users.

Files are made available in both ODF and PDF. Software available that allows full read/write access for ODF includes OpenOffice.org, Google Docs and Spreadsheets, IBM Workplace, Lotus Symphony and Sun's StarOffice among others.  An extensive and growing list of supporting applications is maintained by the Open Document Fellowship. Please visit http://iso26300.info for more information.

 
OOXML Issue Briefs 
Backwards Compatible?  PDF
BRM Fact Sheet on DIS 29500/OOXML  PDF
BRM: Post-BRM Voting Guide for National Bodies  PDF
DIS 29500: Deprecated before use (FSFE)  PDF
Dual Standards: More Cost and Less Choice  PDF
Interoperability woes with MS-OOXML (FSFE)  PDF
IPR - Microsoft's Open Specification Promise: No Assurance for GPL (Software Freedom Law Center)  PDF
IPR: Minding the Gaps and Why They Matter  PDF
ODF's Benchmark For Accessibility: Demand Nothing Less From OOXML  PDF
ODF-OOXML Harmonization: Yes, We Can!  PDF
OOXML Implementations: A Community of One  PDF
 
OOXML White Papers 
Achieving Openness: a closer look at ODF & OOXML  PDF
Alliance Response to Ecma's Proposed Disposition of Comments  PDF
Alliance Response to the Burton Group's Report  PDF
Ecma's Top 10 Worst Responses  PDF
Google - Sample Analysis of Ecma Responses to NB Comments  PDF
Google Analysis of Ecma's Disposition of Comments  PDF
Google Post-BRM Position on DIS 29500 (OOXML)  PDF
Google's Position on OOXML as a Proposed ISO Standard  PDF
Microsoft Cuts Off Access To Old Documents - What happened and why open formats matter  PDF
Oracle Comments (Updated) on DIS 29500/Ecma's Proposed Disposition of Comments  PDF
Oracle Comments on DIS 29500  PDF
Oracle: Process Concerns - The JTC1 Directives & P-Member Voting On DIS 29500 (OOXML)  PDF
Oracle: Unresolved Technical Concerns In DIS 29500 (OOXML)  PDF
The Case Against OOXML  PDF




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