NO to the Microsoft Office format as an ISO standard

I ask the national members of ISO to vote "NO" in the ballot of ISO DIS 29500 (Office OpenXML or OOXML format) for the following reasons:

  1. There is already a standard ISO26300 named Open Document Format (ODF): a dual standard adds costs, uncertainty and confusion to industry, government and citizens;
  2. There is no provable implementation of the OOXML specification: Microsoft Office 2007 produces a special version of OOXML, not a file format which complies with the OOXML specification;
  3. There is information missing from the specification document, for example how to do a autoSpaceLikeWord95 or useWord97LineBreakRules;
  4. More than 10% of the examples mentioned in the proposed standard do not validate as XML;
  5. There is no guarantee that anybody can write software that fully or partially implements the OOXML specification without being liable to patent lawsuits or patent license fees by Microsoft;
  6. This format conflicts with existing ISO standards, such as ISO 8601 (Representation of dates and times), ISO 639 (Codes for the Representation of Names and Languages) or ISO/IEC 10118-3 (cryptographic hash);
  7. There is a bug in the spreadsheet file format which forbids any date before the year 1900: such bugs affect the OOXML specification as well as software applications like Microsoft Excel 2000, XP, 2003 and 2007.
  8. This standard proposal was not created by bringing together the experience and expertise of all interested parties (such as the producers, sellers, buyers, users and regulators), but by Microsoft alone.
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Total number of signatures: 94869

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  • İBRAHİM HALİL ERDOĞAN, Turkey, 25 Jan 2012 15:43
  • mehmet park, Turkey, 25 Jan 2012 15:08
  • Vladimir Shapkin, Russian Federation, 25 Jan 2012 07:36
  • Çağrı Sivrikaya, Turkey, 23 Jan 2012 20:00
    Comments: No for standart ISO programming
  • hüseyin karakus, Turkey, 20 Jan 2012 20:39
    Comments: Nooooo
  • Gokhan Koc, Turkey, 20 Jan 2012 14:37
    Comments: Paid software could not be a standart.
  • riza vatansever, Turkey, 18 Jan 2012 20:27
  • hasan kutlu, Turkey, 17 Jan 2012 14:58
    Comments: MICROSOFT OFFICE NO FREE. THEREFORE CANNOT BE ISO STANDARTS.
  • Ensari Eroglu, Turkey, 17 Jan 2012 13:50
  • Murat Dilekmen, Turkey, 14 Jan 2012 13:49
  • süleyman uğurlu, Turkey, 11 Jan 2012 13:16
    Comments: terrible , horrible absolutely ı dont want it
  • Danial Behzadi, Iran, 10 Jan 2012 21:14
  • Kuba Kucharski, Poland, 08 Jan 2012 23:13
  • Livio Recchia, Italy, 06 Jan 2012 18:05
    Comments: The ISO must must reject the OOXML because standardizing Microsoft's proficts against our freedom is a crime against all the people in the world.
  • ronald gruss, France, Metropolitan, 06 Jan 2012 15:43
  • Koray Elbaşı, Turkey, 02 Jan 2012 08:23
  • ABDULLAH KÜÇÜKMADAN, Turkey, 01 Jan 2012 15:36
    Comments: Vote NO against to monopolization.
  • Ali Uçarer, Turkey, 01 Jan 2012 14:23
    Comments: Free softwares is necessary for free world.
  • Xavier Verley, France, 29 Dec 2011 10:17
  • yunus tas, Turkey, 29 Dec 2011 07:03
    Comments: terrible , horrible absolutely ı dont want it
  • Edwin Valencia, Peru, 29 Dec 2011 01:03
  • Ahmet Furkan Karatopraklı, Turkey, 27 Dec 2011 00:15
  • Hakan Çırpak, Turkey, 25 Dec 2011 16:58
  • MEHMET EDIZ ESEN, Turkey, 25 Dec 2011 10:13
  • fikret sanal, Turkey, 22 Dec 2011 15:20
    Comments: i dont like microsoft office
  • Osman GÜLSEVER, Turkey, 18 Dec 2011 11:42
    Comments: HAYIR
  • Emre KARAKUZULU, Turkey, 15 Dec 2011 15:15
    Comments: HAYIR
  • muhammet köprübaşı, Turkey, 14 Dec 2011 09:49
  • Mert Erken, Turkey, 14 Dec 2011 09:05
    Comments: HAYIR
  • Ufuk Karadeniz, Turkey, 13 Dec 2011 22:29
  • Madis Kalme, Estonia, 13 Dec 2011 20:28
    Comments: Single standard (ODF) for the future!
  • SELAMETTİN DURMUŞ, Turkey, 10 Dec 2011 13:31
    Comments: x
  • Gokhan TOPRAK, Turkey, 07 Dec 2011 15:16
  • franco sacchetti, Italy, 05 Dec 2011 08:56
  • Ales Kurecka, Czech Republic, 01 Dec 2011 14:52
    Comments: "Open" must be OPEN!!! Like ODF...
  • alphan kiray, Turkey, 30 Nov 2011 16:45
  • Mümtaz Budak, Turkey, 29 Nov 2011 20:40
  • Gökmen YAPALI, Turkey, 29 Nov 2011 09:49
    Comments: Ulusal ISO üyelerinden OOXML spesifikasyonunun ISO standartı haline getirilmesine HAYIR oyu vermesini istiyorum
  • Mahmut Tuncay, Turkey, 27 Nov 2011 16:24
  • teng huang, Taiwan, 27 Nov 2011 15:54
    Comments: i not like m$
  • SABRİ ARSLAN, Turkey, 27 Nov 2011 13:52
  • VEDAT GÖKÇE, Turkey, 24 Nov 2011 18:15
    Comments: hayır
  • antoine caron, France, 23 Nov 2011 23:08
    Comments: Waste microsoft
  • Imran Yusubov, Azerbaijan, 19 Nov 2011 18:32
    Comments: NOOPENXMICROSOFTL
  • adem deliaslan, Turkey, 16 Nov 2011 13:10
  • Maurizio Ricciardi, Italy, 15 Nov 2011 14:36
    Comments: NO!
  • semih albuz, Turkey, 14 Nov 2011 14:57
    Comments: no !
  • hakan savci, Turkey, 12 Nov 2011 14:17
  • kazim özdogan, Turkey, 11 Nov 2011 23:51
  • Gediz Ünsalan, Turkey, 11 Nov 2011 11:58
    Comments: NO to the monopolies !!!
  • Sercan Çınar, Turkey, 11 Nov 2011 11:19
  • C. Remzi Eriş, Turkey, 10 Nov 2011 13:44
  • L.K. Natonski, Germany, 10 Nov 2011 01:22
    Comments: Non possumus!!!
  • CAROLA LEDEZMA, Venezuela, 10 Nov 2011 01:09
    Comments: Que viva el conocimiento libre!!
  • fernando di mieri, Italy, 09 Nov 2011 21:45
  • Mehmet Doğan, Turkey, 08 Nov 2011 18:20
  • Taner SANCAR, Turkey, 08 Nov 2011 12:47
  • Luca Molari, Italy, 07 Nov 2011 16:22
  • furkan can paral, Turkey, 04 Nov 2011 11:30
    Comments: erenlerfurkan
  • Haluk Zoraltun, Turkey, 02 Nov 2011 14:40
    Comments: Any monopoly or cartell preparation should be avoided. People should have the right of choosing.
  • Ozgur Gul, Turkey, 01 Nov 2011 20:02
    Comments: No sire! This seems pretty closed and locked behind doors! Lets' open that! :D
  • Murat Gebze, Turkey, 01 Nov 2011 14:27
    Comments: ODF is the way to go!
  • huseyin sucu, Turkey, 31 Oct 2011 16:31
  • Fatih Korkmaz, Turkey, 30 Oct 2011 17:13
  • Ramazan Akgün USTA, Turkey, 29 Oct 2011 19:23
    Comments: That's not fair at all... It is a commercial brand. Must not be the standard.
  • Ryan Bertrand, United States, 25 Oct 2011 22:16
    Comments: I strongly disapprove of the Microsoft
    standard. Microsoft does not write good code, yet we want to support this rule.
    No I DON'T THINK SO.
  • mustafa efkanıl atasever, Turkey, 25 Oct 2011 16:30
    Comments: ISO standards should be open source.
  • Nikola Mojovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 23 Oct 2011 22:15
  • feyza unver, Turkey, 23 Oct 2011 08:59
    Comments: you have my support.
  • Surya Handika Putratama, Indonesia, 20 Oct 2011 14:02
  • Tuncay Yenici, Turkey, 20 Oct 2011 07:23
  • Hakan Güven, Turkey, 20 Oct 2011 06:43
  • Yiğit Öztürkçü, Turkey, 19 Oct 2011 15:29
    Comments: Thanks for all ur products Microsoft but we dont want your restricted file formats anymore!
  • Mehmet Kuzu, Turkey, 19 Oct 2011 11:25
    Comments: No way!
  • ergenekon unsal, China, 16 Oct 2011 04:06
    Comments: Bu yüzden ulusal ISO üyelerinden Microsoft Office OpenXML (OOXML) spesifikasyonunun ISO stadartı haline getirilme oylamasında “HAYIR” oyu vermesini istiyorum.
  • Fatih ..., Turkey, 16 Oct 2011 03:18
  • hakan paçal, Turkey, 13 Oct 2011 03:05
    Comments: pc = internet = özgürlük
  • Muhammed AKTOLU, Turkey, 12 Oct 2011 22:03
  • Eric Winters, United States, 12 Oct 2011 14:10
    Comments: I support the vote of NO! ISO is a standard, not a moneymaker for Microsoft.
  • Gürkan Dönmez, Turkey, 11 Oct 2011 13:29
    Comments: support and use open source for human freedom !
  • Bilal KAYA, Turkey, 10 Oct 2011 08:59
  • Metin Gonen, Turkey, 08 Oct 2011 17:08
  • Ilyas Gasanov, Russian Federation, 08 Oct 2011 09:55
    Comments: My own situation is described here:
    http://pastebin.com/XKWhxdQU
  • hüseyin şimşek, Turkey, 07 Oct 2011 15:05
    Comments: yaşasın özgür yazılım!
  • Paul Bakker, Netherlands, 05 Oct 2011 06:30
  • birol şenol, Turkey, 04 Oct 2011 11:46
  • roni33 rinass, Germany, 03 Oct 2011 21:28
  • Selçuk Gökhan Kalkanoğlu, Turkey, 03 Oct 2011 12:04
  • Gürcan Potur, Turkey, 02 Oct 2011 15:14
    Comments: Open Office'in özgür yazılıma olan desteğini takdir ediyor, OOXML'in de uluslar arası standart olmasını kınıyorum
  • Ferruh Koroglu, Turkey, 30 Sep 2011 13:58
    Comments: ISO standards should be open source.

    Regards,
    FK
  • zahmetr gebi, Turkey, 30 Sep 2011 10:50
    Comments: say no to tekelleşme
  • Yunus KOCABAY, Turkey, 30 Sep 2011 06:36
    Comments: Kapitalist MS ürünlerine hayır!
  • umut kaymak, Turkey, 28 Sep 2011 11:06
  • Samet PAYLAN, Turkey, 28 Sep 2011 07:53
    Comments: Microsoft programlarının en büyük sorunu bir sonraki sürüm dosyalarının bir önceki sürüm ile aynı olduğu söylenmesine rağmen aynı dosyanın bir önceki sürüm programda açılmaması. Bunun en saçma örneği Access 2010 ve 2007 arasında görülmektedir. Yaşasın açık kaynak!
  • Hakan Cavit, Turkey, 27 Sep 2011 06:54
  • deniz atasoy, Turkey, 25 Sep 2011 21:15
    Comments: noooooo
  • ender babal, Turkey, 25 Sep 2011 19:23
  • engin hanci, Turkey, 25 Sep 2011 18:23
  • Bugra Abdullahoglu, Turkey, 25 Sep 2011 12:57
    Comments: Don't make your customers hate you. You know, you now have a huge competitor. You don't wanna lose customers to Apple because of doing such stupid things to make just a bit more money.
  • Fabregoul Odile, Belgium, 23 Sep 2011 13:07

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