Comments

• jcwarrior0866

  2007-08-08 07:47:31

  Its clear that Novell, Turbolinux, Linspire and Xandros are supporting OOXML because of their respective agreements with Microsoft. However, I don't understand why Corel is supporting it too. Is it, like the picture suggests, that they have also some kind of agreement with Microsoft, or are they simply anticipating to the posibility that OOXML gets the ISO seal (regardless of the quality of the specification)?
  
  Could you explain please?

• Roy Schestowitz

  2007-08-08 08:34:38

  Corel is a long and complex story that goes many years into the past. We have a lot of information summarised in http://boycottnovell.com/category/corel/ . Corel was actually among the first companies to say it would support OOXML. If you look at their history with Microsoft, you might soon realise why.

• Igor

  2007-08-15 13:50:04

  Hey, so that means that if my Microsoft Fan friend have a OOXML file I can only open it with Novell products?
  
  Thats good news!!!
  
  Stop being the Software Libre Talibanes... and in the end the only thing that matters is the Users right?... or you think that the philosophy is more important?

• Roy Schestowitz

  2007-08-15 14:05:38

  Hey, so that means that if my Microsoft Fan friend have a OOXML file I can only open it with Novell products?

  
  
  Actually, that's not far from being true.
  
  http://boycottnovell.com/2007/03/14/novell-openoffice/
  
  Also remember that OOXML requires patent protection. More about this in tomorrow's post (backlash in New Zealand).
  
  [Personal attacks and stereotypes game ignored]