Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > To answer the title of this thread simply; the ODF Adoption Committee > at the OASIS consortium is trying to have everyone adopt the same > icons. I think we will succeed in doing this if every ODF stakeholder > plays even.
Even if each one makes its own set of ODF icons this time around, rather than application icons, it's a step in the right direction. It may take several iterations. We already find, I hope, generic JPEG, PNG, PDF, and GIF icons on desktops based on distro themes rather than specific applications. ODF should be next. IMHO every ODF stakeholder is playing even, but I do not include Microsoft among the stakeholders. For that interest group to gain the status of stakeholder, its representatives must come to the table with some credible evidence of good faith, strong enough to over come past actions. Ignore them till they come to the table. Odds are they won't or else will try to pull more stunts like the recent hit-and-run with the linux kernel. > André does raise very legitimate concerns. Kind of. But they should be raised differently. Charles, as you point out, OOXML is DOA. Left on its own, it would go away. In fact, as any who have followed the multiple scandals in most countries, it should have gone away in 2006. It's not implementable and served as a DOS to consume and burn out XML and documentation experts worldwide. XML devel stopped when OOXML hit. Though André is close, the threat is not OOXML itself. > - ODF's biggest challenge is its future. Right now MS and some of its > associates That's the threat that André was trying to describe. OOXML will go away on its own but for active abuse and sabotage from individuals backing Microsoft as if it were some kind of political party. The threat to open standards comes from Microsoft boosters near and far. It's a people problem. Deal with those boosting or accepting boosting of MS products. Don't act surprised, this decommoditization of standards was outlined as as strategy back in 1998 in the first of the 'Halloween Documents' Mistakes like inaction and naive attempts at 'peaceful co-existence' allowed the current problems to develop. ODF stake holders can accomplish a lot in a short time. We saw that prior to 2006. Regards, /Lars --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
