3:06PM, Friday 13th July 2007
More than 20,000 people have put their names to a web petition
opposing Microsoft's attempts to have its new Office file format
accepted as an international standard.
The NoOOXML.org petition calls on members of the ISO (International
Organization for Standardization) to vote against accepting Open XML,
which it says Microsoft is trying to fast-track through the approval
process
"People are outraged by what's going on," said petition author
Benjamin Henrion. "Not since the software patents fight have we seen
such a reaction from the online community. And it's gone global. Users
are happy with the existing international standard for documents, and
can't see why Microsoft is forcing its own standard except in pure
self-interest."
Henrion says that Microsoft's specification is closed, protected by
patents and secrets. The petition lists eight objections. Others have
pointed to serious bugs, such as the format's inability to handle
dates before 1900.
PCpro.co.uk
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