Michael Adams wrote:
On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:08:47 -0400
Fred A. Miller wrote:
James Knott wrote:
[snip]
The whole point of this, was so that Microsoft could claim "ISO
standard", so that government etc., are more likely to buy their
new >> office versions, in order to force lock in.
Oh I get it. ISO.... Ignorant Slob Orchestrated???
Actually, it's "I sold out".
Pretty close, I think.
I hate to be the voice of reason (I don't think i'm particularly good
at it ;) but the countries that do the voting each have their own
processes to follow. The level of corruption in each countries system is
what has been exploited here. The ISO system itself has IIUC only been
exploited insofar as a Fast Track Process was totally inapropriate for
this DIS.
True, it is/was inappropriate, but this just shows the underhanded
ability Ballmer and company have to get what they want. Further, their
ability to take advantage of committees in countries where payoffs are
easily had.
Fred
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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