samwise samwise@bagshot-row.org wrote:
I'm not sure how widely it's been picked up, but I noticed yesterday that the OpenDocument Foundation's site [http://opendocument.foundation.googlepages.com/] has had a small note quietly appended.
I've been mostly ignoring this topic because I don't think it affects me much. My first question is: who are the OpenDocument Foundation and why are they using a google domain?
I thought OpenDocument was under OASIS and I thought the main promoter was the OpenDocument Fellowship, not Foundation. http://opendocumentfellowship.org/ http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=office
'Note: All work on ODF da Vinci has ended. Without OASIS approval of our five generic eXtensions, known as the iX enhancements, we can not effectively convert existing Microsoft documents, applications and processes to ODF.
Second question: does this look to anyone else like toys out of the pram because this Foundation can't take over the standard?
Regards,