• EverybodyLovesEricRaymond
• MSOfficeOpenStandard

• http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2007/Jan-30.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML#OOXML_criticism

• http://slashdot.org/articles/06/03/05/1721258.shtml

• http://www.grokdoc.net/index.php/EOOXML_objections

• http://www.odfalliance.org/

ideas

• OOXML - open like a bear trap?
• ODF looks like a standard but is actually intangible - transparent
• OOXML fast tracked, whooshes past
• Reactions to 6000 page OOXML fast track acceptance - Rain Forest: Boooo! HP/Epson/Canon: Woohoo!

Script idea 1

*something zooms past*
rms: wtf was that?
linus: I think that was the Microsoft Office Open specification being fast tracked through the ISO standards body

rms: wow. I wonder how such a complex 6000 page document can move so quickly. especially considering the number of noted contradictions.
linus: beats me

rms: any idea what the air-speed velocity of an unladen Microsoft Office Open specification is then?
linus: about $16,000 per second