Without reading all that, I'd say the answer is pretty obvious. If they had anything to do with the ODF OASIS thing, win or lose - it would lend crendence to the format. "If MS is on the committee, it must be important!"
At this point in the game, though, the gloves are off. ODF didn't just fade away, it's actually gotten some press - so now they have to kill it. And the easiest way to do that is by killing it in the ISO committee, which means they have to be on it. Pretty simple, really. On 3/23/06, Dave Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > M$ wanted no part of the OASIS ODF TC. So why do they want to be part of > the committee to vote for or against ODF becoming ISO approved standard? > > An interesting (slightly complicated) possible answer: > http://www.consortiuminfo.org/newsblog/blog.php?ID=2162 > > and a Groklaw entry on the same subject: > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060321163230297 > > Dave > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- - Chad Smith http://www.gimpshop.net/ http://www.whatisopenoffice.org/ Because everyone loves free software! http://www.chadwsmith.com/ Because, admit it, you've got nothing better to do right now...
