After takin' a swig o' grog, [H]omer belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070827111019189
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> Jesus - this is serious. I knew there was, as Groklaw puts it, some
> "shenanigans" going on WRT OOXML, i.e. lobbying etc., but /this/ is
> completely out of control! This is corruption in a very real sense,
> right at the core of the standardisation process.
>
> I haven't really been following this process very closely, because
> despite the importance of promoting ODF over OOXML, frankly the waiting
> and the bureaucracy bores me to tears, but I'll be sure to scrutinise
> every move from now on, you can be sure.
>
> I find it amazing that the Microsoft Mafia are putting so much muscle
> into shoehorning this "standard" into society. Their cash cows must be
> in need of a good feeding.
"Microsoft is a cancer!"
-- Linonut
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A cancer!
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