See the Slashdot piece “Microsoft Believes IBM Masterminded Anti-OOXML Initiative,” especially the comments. Pass it on to anyone who might be asking about this or needs a good laugh.
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I personally think that this accusation is hilarious, given that the fellowship is very active in anti-ooxml writing and research, and has no IBM members or funding.
Also the Foundation, before it exited the space, had signification friction with IBM on occasion.
We all have over-lapping goals here, but to say IBM is masterminding the grass-roots aspects, is ridiculous.
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Ryan Singer
Co-Founder
OpenDocument Fellowship
Hi Bob – I’m the Microsoft employee quoted in the referenced article. If you want to find out more about Microsoft’s OXML policy positions please go to http://www.microsoft.com/office/openxmlpolicy or http://www.openxmlcommunity.org/
Regards,
Nicos Tsilas