____/ Mark Kent on Friday 07 September 2007 22:40 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Norbert Bollow starts OpenISO
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| What do engineers do when they observe a problem? They start a project to
>>| fix it. A Swiss standard expert who got annoyed by the "Open XML bug" of
>>| ISO procedures launched OpenISO.org.
>> `----
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>> http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-18681/norbert-bollow-starts-openiso
>
> A not unsurprising outcome. The audacity of Microsoft in trying to
> subvert the whole planet's standards process is amazing, but ultimately,
> rather likely to be a shot in the foot. Even had they been successful,
> I doubt it would've got over all the hurdles, and the resentment caused
> would dwarf even the upset massed ranks of Xbox360 portable cookers.
I can't recall if you were on holiday when this happened, but this series of
endless corruption may have just cost them becoming part of the OSI. Look at
ESR's reaction.
>> Critics Skeptical That Microsoft Will Be Able To Alter Vote On OOXML
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| "I don't believe the votes are later going to go in the other direction,"
>>| said Zemlin in an interview. Zemlin is sometimes criticized within Linux
>>| ranks for his repeated admonition that Microsoft must be respected as a
>>| competitor. But he was unsparing in his assessment of the ISO fast track
>>| outcome.
>> `----
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>> http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201804282
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>> APEC and OOXML - both pointless and annoying
>>
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>>| Making just as many headlines as George Bush's travelling circus has been
>>| Microsoft's failed attempt to fast-track its OOXML document format to the
>>| status of an ISO standard.
>>|
>>| Both these events have been annoying and pointless. Neither has done
>>| anything but generate a huge amount of FUD (fear uncertainty and doubt).
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/securifythis/soa/APEC-and-OOXML-both-pointless-and-annoying/0,139033343,339281842,00.htm
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>> OOXML is defective by design
>>
>>
http://ooxmlisdefectivebydesign.blogspot.com/2007/08/microsoft-office-xml-formats-defective.html
>>
>>
>> Related:
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>> Microsoft Loses, Spins Open XML Vote
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>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| ISO issued a statement that makes plain what Microsoft tried to spin as a
>>| victory.
>> `----
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>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2178917,00.asp
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>>
>> Microsoft FUD Watch: OOXML Edition
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>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Apparently, there is more than one way to stuff the ballot box.
>>|
>>| In all my years working as a journalist, I've never seen any technology
>>| company spin information the way Microsoft did today. The press release on
>>| OOXML ratification is a blueprint for spinning semantics, and the stringing
>>| together of truths and half-truths to seemingly make the outcome of one
>>| event something else altogether.
>> `----
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>>
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/business_applications/microsoft_fud_watch_ooxml_edition.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
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>>
>> Microsoft spins OOXML loss as a win
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Microsoft lost its effort to win ?fast track? approval of its OOXML (which
>>| it calls Open XML) as an international standard, but you wouldn?t know
>>| that from reading much of the press coverage.
>>|
>>| * Microsoft claims global support for Open XML.
>>| * Microsoft reports victory in preliminary ISO ballot.
>>| * Microsoft takes big step toward OOXML approval.
>>| * Microsoft is seen winning an international standard vote.
>>| * Strong global support for Open XML.
>> `----
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>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1382
>>
>>
>> Lord, what fools these mortals be!
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| No kidding. Microsoft continues to steam-roll the competition, as
>>| illustrated by its latest attempt to ram acceptance of OOXML through ISO by
>>| the blatantly rigging the vote. And of course the European's really love
>>| Microsoft's business practices. Not. No, Microsoft has the DoJ in their hip
>>| pocket thanks to the "pro-business" stance of the Bush administration, and
>>| as long as Bushites remain in power and the Democrats remain inept and
>>| impotent, it's going to stay that way. Which leaves those of use who really
>>| believe in a free and fair market to fend for ourselves.
>> `----
>>
>> http://blogbeebe.blogspot.com/2007/09/lord-what-fools-these-mortals-be.html
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