[rbanffy]

> Secondly, is OpenOffice OOXML 100% Strict compliant yet?

Is it possible at all to be functional and implement OOXML correctly at the same time?

> it's easy for people to stand by on the sidelines and whinge that a year old bug isn't fixed

We could fix it, if Microsoft provided the source under a free license.

> it doesn't make sense to rewrite code many times before it becomes a standard

How long can possibly take to write code that implements the standard they invented based on their shipping products?

> I don't think this is overwhelming proof that they are going out of their way to destroy standardisation.

You are right. The subverted approval process offers such proof.