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"Breaking news" on NOOOXML.org

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Apparently the lack of IPR issues around Open XML (Oliver and Jason have recent coverage of this non-issue) has forced NOOOXML.org to reach way down into their bag of tricks and try to resuscitate a long-forgotten story. I noticed the above breaking news item ("ISO warned about possible patent ambush on OOXML") this afternoon on NOOOXML.org, but after taking the time to read the post and follow the links (5 minutes I can never get back, sadly), I found that the Cnet article upon which this story is based was published in October 2005.

The folks over at NOOOXML.org recently chastised me for not subscribing to their RSS feed, which they claimed was giving me poor "reaction time." After seeing today's top story on NOOOXML.org, I realized they're employing a sophisticated multi-stage strategy, which I was too naive to see coming: they've duped me into subscribing, and now they're feeding me really old news so that I'll become less informed by reading their blog. They're sacrificing the timeliness of their blog just to mislead me. :-)

I'm deeply honored, guys. Keep up the good work.

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  • Anonymous
    January 12, 2008
    PingBack from http://geeklectures.info/2008/01/12/breaking-news-on-noooxmlorg/

  • Anonymous
    January 12, 2008
    I look at that site from time to time, this week the editors seem to be upset that Microsoft is working with people around the world on getting OpenXML right, listening to concerns and collaborating on resolving them. I wonder if they ever donated that 2500 euros to the Peruvian Earthquake Fund as they promised they would? Maybe the receipt is posted somewhere.

  • Anonymous
    January 13, 2008
    I find it funny that the patents in question should only apply only to OOXML and not ODF. I also wonder why this did not surface when ODF was rushed through ISO. The ISO-certification of ODF was supposedly an example of how pure, correct and decent any ISO-process could dream of being, so one would think, that the very thorough, highly qualified and really, really perfect process would have ensured that all stones were turned and all problems fixed. After all, noone voted against ODF in ISO ... /Jesper

  • Anonymous
    January 13, 2008
    Funny indeed.  If they send that same letter out for every XML-based standard, they're going to be busy!

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  • Anonymous
    January 14, 2008
    Doug, we like your Youtube videos! Matusow's recent posting was insightful. Honestly, do you believe that Open XML patent licensing is EU IDABC EIF open standards compliant? ECMA's standard licensing requirements are not.

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    January 14, 2008
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