Directly compare ODF and OOXML
by Ruth Suehle
Rob Weir has a great objective comparison of ODF and OOXML. He created word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation graphics, each in OOXML and ODF formats. He presents a table comparing how each of the formats treated the very simple request for red, right-aligned text. Weir concludes:
The results speak for themselves.
What is the engineering justification for this horror? I have no doubt that this accurately reflects the internals of Microsoft Office, and shows how these three applications have been developed by three different, isolated teams. But is this a suitable foundation for an International Standard? Does this represent a reasonable engineering judgment? ODF uses the W3C’s XSL-FO vocabulary for text styling, and uses this vocabulary consistently. OOXML’s representation, on the other hand, appear incompatible with any deliberate design methodology.
March 27th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
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April 2nd, 2008 at 6:51 am
This attempt by Microsoft to stop innovation and standards has to be stopped. Their’s is not a standard by any stretch of the imagination and everyone knows it. Who every is being paid off to even consider OOXML as a standard should be ousted from any position of authority they hold.