__/ [ B Gruff ] on Sunday 11 February 2007 15:19 \__
> On Sunday 11 February 2007 15:04 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> __/ [ B Gruff ] on Sunday 11 February 2007 13:15 \__
>>
>>> If I'm reading this correctly, the Microsoft application for "Fast
>>> tracking" MS XML through ISO is now refused - derailed if you like - and
>>> the application will need to follow the normal, detailed examination and
>>> review.
>>> (Sorry if this has previously been posted)
>>
>> I saw it this monrning, but thought that your post on contractions pretty
>> much covered it. It wasn't even 19 countries, it's 20!
>>
>>> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/2057
>
> I just don't know, Roy.
> In previous posts (re contradictions etc) I had certainly not spotted that
> the process HAS been delayed - I thought that it was just a maybe.
>
> Now what I'm reading is saying that it HAS been delayed, by at least 3
> months, that the "specification" will get a proper and detailed review, and
> that it could get thrown out altogether.
Yes, indeed. *smile* Here are some links I posted on the 6th. See the wording
in the first one.
Microsoft standards bid faces failure
,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft's bid to get its Open XML formats recognised as an
| international standard faces a delay for at least three months
| and could fail altogether, it emerged today.
|
| The British Standards Institute, which represents the UK with
| the International Standards Organisation, has issued what is
| called a " contradiction" to Microsoft's specification.
`----
http://www.computeractive.co.uk/personal-computer-world/news/2174199/microsoft-standards-bid-faces
http://tinyurl.com/2yk773
Open source lobby fury over Office format fast-track
,----[ Quote ]
| The duo claim the process means Europe is being 'railroaded
| into accepting an 'inadequate' standard.
`----
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/102898/open-source-lobby-fury-over-office-format-fasttrack.html
http://tinyurl.com/37vouh
FFII opposes Fasttrack adoption of Microsoft OOXML format as ISO standard
,----[ Quote ]
| The FFII has several concerns with the proposed standard. OpenXML
| relies on undisclosed patents, and undisclosed or incomplete
| licensing terms that make any independent reimplementation
| impossible or heavily risky. It obliges implementors to
| reverse-engineer the behavior of old closed Microsoft
| applications and formats. It uses non-standard formats for
| languages and dates, and specifies known bugs, such as
| treating 1900 as a leap year.
`----
http://press.ffii.org/Press_releases/FFII_opposes_Fasttrack_adoption_of_Microsoft_OOXML_format_as_ISO_standard
http://tinyurl.com/2qxk7p
> Whatever the outcome now, I'm much happier.
> I felt that MS was using its muscle to push something through quickly and
> without proper consideration.
> I appreciate that MS wants it pushing through quickly for commercial
> reasons, but I have little sympathy. In my opinion, they are only where
> they are now for the same reason that there is now an IE7 - it was the
> threat of the competition!
See our thread about Netscape. Doug has added a more comprehensive transcript
from the Register. It is quite nerve-wrecking to read this. Bill Gates is a
corrupted mind, no doubt. Lying is to him a bodily function.
--
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