____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 13 November 2007 19:35 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ [H]omer on Monday 12 November 2007 23:42 : \____
>>
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>
>>>> Swiss Cheese [for OOXML]
>>> [...]
>>>> http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-15521/swiss-cheese
>>>
>>> .----
>>> | Just yesterday I was sitting in the relevant meeting of SNV/UK14
>>> | (http://www.snv.ch/), that decides how Switzerland will vote. The
>>> | chairman (Hans-Rudolf Thomann) explained the following rules:
>>> |
>>> | - we are here to create standards, not to reject them
>>> | - if we reach consensus (>=75%) to vote for Microsoft, we will vote
>>> | for Microsoft
>>> | - if we only reach a majority (>=50%) to vote for Microsoft, we
>>> | will vote for Microsoft
>>> | - if we reach a majority to vote against Microsoft, we will vote
>>> | for Microsoft
>>> | - if we reach consensus to vote against Microsoft, we will abstain
>>> `----
>>>
>>> That's a chilling speech.
>>>
>>> So much for the democratic process.
>>>
>>> I'm surprised the committee didn't just walk out. Isn't there some way
>>> they can vote the chairman off the committee? In fact, corruption of
>>> that degree should be prosecutable.
>>
>> It's not corruption. It's Microsoft.
>>
>
> I would hope that Hans Rudulf Thomann is now cleaning up his CV and
> looking for fresh employment. I cannot imagine for one moment that
> Switzerland would keep someone like him in the chairmanship of any
> committee.
Watch the last comment (above) and also the one which says something along the
lines of "my wife is lawyer, so we don't have to argue about this."
The vanity. Oh, dear.
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