Cyberlaw OOXML Seminar 14 December
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| However, this raises the issue - what assurance does a developer have that
| such a large specification is not the subject of third party patent claims?
| The pedigree of the specification is certainly no reason for hope, Microsoft
| has been the target of third party patent claims for some time now including
| some high profile losses in patent suits. The fact that the specification has
| been developed behind closed doors and on a fast track means that there has
| been no adequate opportunity to evaluate the likelihood of third party patent
| claims against the specifications. The sheer size of the document suggests
| there will be at least a couple hiding in there somewhere.
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http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/cyberlaw-ooxml-seminar-14-december/
The Right and Lawful Rood
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| Also, it is notable that participation was on an equal basis. No one was able
| to say, "I am a rich merchant, so I should be allowed to bring 5 pairs of my
| shoes and line them up in front of me". And certainly no one could say, "I am
| the King, the standard is determined by my foot and my foot alone". This is
| good, because the variation from King to King would tend to be much greater
| than the variation from different random samplings of 16 men.
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| When we talk about ISO meaning "equal" in Greek, and the concept of
| one-country, one-vote, I think of this picture.
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http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/right-and-lawful-rood.html
You've got to give Microsoft some credit. They are very consistent with their
criminal behaviour. It makes them predictable.
Related:
Corrupt countries were more likely to support the OOXML document format
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| Is this just a random coincidence? The median of the CPI index of the above
| mentioned 70 countries is 3.95. Of the most corrupted half (CPI index less
| than 3.95) 23 or 77% voted for approval (approval or approval with comments)
| and 7 or 23% for disapproval; 5 abstained. Of the least corrupted half (CPI
| index more than 3.95) 13 or 54% voted for approval and 11 or 46% voted for
| disapproval; 11 abstained - see the table below.
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http://www.effi.org/blog/kai-2007-09-05.en.html
Microsoft accused of more OOXML standards fiddling
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| However the 11 new countries are refusing to say how they will vote. These
| include Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Ecuador, Jamaica, Lebanon, Malta, Pakistan,
| Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay and Venezuela. Most people seem to think
| that these have been put there by Vole to make sure the standard gets pushed
| through.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=42106
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