Investigating the OOXML Vote
http://phnix.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/investigating-the-ooxml-vote/
Although Microsoft managed to get its OOXML ratified as a "standard" via a
spectacularly flawed fast-track process, that travesty has caused quite a
ruckus in the ISO itself, and may have mortally wounded the credibility of
the standards approval process. It's not all over yet, however, as
reported in the ZDNet story, "Venezuela and India appeal OOXML
ratification":
"After the two-month appeal period, we now have four
appeals -- Brazil, India, South Africa and Venezuela,"
Jonathan Buck, the director of communications for IEC,
told ZDNet.co.uk on Monday. "The appeals are now with
our CEOs, IEC General Secretary Ronnie Amit, and ISO
Secretary General Alan Bryden, who have a 30-day
period to make sure appeals conform to directives."
Since groups in at least four other countries have had the courage and
integrity to question how their representatives could have voted "yes" to
such a mockery of standards and the approval process, perhaps it's about
time Filipinos do the same. When will an investigation of the Philippine
vote take place? After all, the Philippines voted to approve a "standard"
whose final form had not really fully discussed, and which cannot even be
implemented by it's creators (Microsoft). How can the interests of the
Philippines be represented by such silliness?
Read the entire post at:
http://phnix.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/investigating-the-ooxml-vote/
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