What comes after September 2
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| What I predict we will see will be widespread re-evaluation of national
| standards body membership and voting rules. I think we’ll witness a
| normalization of procedures and all have a better idea of the point of those
| procedures. That is, we want the creation of high quality standards and not
| just more standards. Quality is more important than quantity.
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http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=1776
Related:
Packing The Court At The ISO?
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| ...P member countries ('participating member' countries) sending
| representatives, and I am interested to note the majority of
| their representatives are, as individuals, also Microsoft employees.
|
| [...]
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| How can they not see that OOXML (ECMA 376) is unwanted by anyone outside of
| Microsoft? How about it Brian Jones? Are you really so desperate that you
| have to resort to that?
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http://lnxwalt.wordpress.com/2007/03/23/packing-the-court-at-the-iso/
http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-15406/the-vendor-also-invades-colombia
IBM is still locked out of the Portuguese OOXML meeting
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| In spite of various communications, we [IBM] are still locked out and will
| not be allowed to participate. Microsoft will be there, as well as a special
| Microsoft guest, as will various Microsoft business partners, and others.
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http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=1755
Secrets and anonymous comments
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| Every once is a while I get an anonymous comment or a tip about something
| that happened in “closed” standards meetings. This is especially true lately
| where the various national bodies are deliberating whether they should
| support Microsoft’s OOXML product specification for Microsoft Office.
|
| [...]
|
| Slanted, inappropriate, and biased behavior (in any way in any direction and
| for anyone) is not allowable, in my mind, when deciding this and other
| important standards issues. I repeat: All this information must be made
| public and those running the processes must be accountable to each other,
| their fellow citizens, and the various standards organizations and committees
| in which they participate.
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http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=1772
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