The OSP will apply to DIS 29500 (Open XML) going forward
Oliver has a post today discussing this, as it's come up a lot in the discussions he's been having: https://osrin.net/2008/03/27/the-osp-will-apply-to-future-versions-of-dis29500/
-Brian
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Anonymous
March 27, 2008
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March 27, 2008
Yesterday India, now Brazil: another big developing economy ( trying to achieve technology unlock-in avoiding to approve half-cooked drafts as ISO standars ) that don't think DIS 29500 has the technical merits to be fast-tracked: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2008032520072575Anonymous
March 27, 2008
This provides completely different view point on the subject: http://www.fsfla.org/svnwiki/stdlib/offdoc/mision I guess I need a lawyer of my own to sort this out!Anonymous
March 27, 2008
That is a fair point Rob, and the language will probably get revised to make it clearer as it gets transposed from my blog to ms.com. The important point for now is that our commitment to future versions of DIS29500 is strong! More to come...