James Knott wrote:
Joseph wrote:
James Knott wrote:
Joseph wrote:
James Knott wrote:
Fred A. Miller wrote:
Microsoft: OOXML wins ISO approval
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft is now confirming that OOXML won the
vote for ISO standards approval. Reports indicate that the OOXML
won 75 percent of the vote after being soundly defeated last fall.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1304&tag=nl.e589
That's if you can claim they "won" after all the cheating etc.,
that went on. Apparently there are at least a couple of protests
in the works.
So what does this mean, if I may ask?
In what respect? As things stand, it will become an ISO
"standard". However, unlike most other ISO standards, there was
blatant cheating, such as ballot stuffing, committees ignoring
majority votes, "rules" made up on the fly, bought votes etc., to
the point there's a real stink being raise, to the point in at least
two countries, the committees are filing protests. It's quite plain
to see that in this case, ISO approval was bought, which means that
all ISO standards must now be suspect, as you don't know if someone
paid for them. However, what happens if enough votes are reversed
to kill this?
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".
To James Knott: Boy do you have that right! "I sold out", I like it.
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