Financial Times on MSOOXML

Sitting on the plane last night (or was that two nights ago? I can't tell) bore a pleasant surprise when I flipped to the back page of the Financial Times of England. The esoteric subject of computer file formats was discussed, picked up by FT TechBlog journalist Maija Palmer.

It was entitled "Openness behind closed doors."

... the article in all its gloryful pinkiness.

There is a longer version of it online, but it has a different title ...  "Battle of the Geeks". I guess what works online may not always work on print. And hey, this broadsheet needs to maintain a certain level of classiness.

Anyway, what is interesting about this, is that a substantial amount of information is based on my "Geneva, Day x" series, and the funny one on "Geneva, Day Zero" blog entry. Yeah, FT even featured the walkin' talkin' stalkin' Microsoft Malaysia Rep! Maija followed up on it, and it seems Microsoft's official reason for his attendance was "to provide technical assistance". Heh.

Wait till you see the quality information he provides! [more info to come]

Anyway, its not everyday you see your blog posts featured on London's Financial Times...  albeit back page, condensed, unattributed, out-dated, and based on a blog entry of my blog entry... but hey, you take what you can.

:)

yk.

BTW, Maija makes the classic error in calling it Open OfficeXML instead of Office OpenXML. Everybody should just standardise (heh) on "MSOOXML", because that's what it is now.

Comments

[Winter]

"is that a substantial amount of information is based on my "Geneva, Day x" series,"

I must admit that I too have enjoyed your eye-witness reports of the decline^H^H^H^H^H^H^H progress of OOXML enormously.

From way back at the start of Ecma's "working" the standards world with their "open and stakeholder driven public consultations" on Ecma376 (sorry, but I currently seem to be unable to find the links).

Keep up the good work!

Winter