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On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:35:46 -0500,
Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:25:07 -0800, Tim Smith wrote:
>
>> In article <zydk2t45rc1s.1kwmi5mbwqq3p.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx>,
>> Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Compare:
>>>
>>> Microsoft votes for ODF in the ISO.
>>> Sun and IBM mount massive campaigns to discredit OOXML.
>>>
>>> Microsoft works with the State of Mass to meet their requirements, not
>>> doing anything to prevent or influence ODF usage.
>>> Sun and IBM work with the State of Mass to "railroad" Microsoft out of
>>> consideration, even after they jump through all the hoops put before them.
>>>
>>> ODF proponents characterize Microsofts reaction to anti-OOXML rhetoric as
>>> trying to "sabotage" ODF adoption. In their minds being Pro-OOXML means
>>> you're anti-ODF, when nothing could be further from the truth.
>>>
>>> Get it through your head, Roy. Microsoft doesn't care about ODF. They're
>>> not against it. They're not for it. They just don't care. The inverse
>>> cannot seem to be said for ODF proponents.
>>
>> And what about IBM people who are paid to promote ODF putting up blogs
>> spreading incorrect information about OOXML? Funny how Roy never has a
>> problem with that (indeed, he rushes to repost the incorrect
>> information).
>
> Nor does he notice the "irregularities" with ISO committed by IBM and Sun,
> such as how the IBM representative to the German ISO NB also, somehow,
> being a representative for Kenya, and effectively writing Kenya's entire
> ISO response.
>
> Yeah, that's right. IBM, a fierce competitor to OOXML with strong monetary
> conflict of interest, completely wrote the Kenyan National Body's response
> to the ISO for OOXML. And the author wasn't even Kenyan.
>
> Or how about this:
>
> http://www.ictstandardization.com/news/200704/article20070406.html
>
> "The comments written by several of the national bodies...are 100%
> identical," said an official involved in the work, implying companies are
> lobbying policy makers hard behind the scenes. "It is rather strange that
> countries that have hardly shown up are now filing pages of comments," he
> said.
>
> And yet, that is precisely what IBM and Sun have been accusimg Microsoft of
> doing, yet THEY were doing it months before.
and again Erik wails "but they did it toooo!" as a defence for MS.
It's not a good excuse for a 2 year old having a tantrum, and it's even
less of one for a multinational corporation.
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