Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Appeals Court Rules that Deceptive Conduct in Standard Setting can Violate
> Antitrust Laws
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| While many of us have been preoccupied with the OOXML vote, the rest of the
>| world has naturally been continuing to go about its business. One piece of
>| business that took an interesting turn in the last few days is a ruling by a
>| Federal Appellate Court in the United States that breaks new ground in
>| protecting the integrity of the standard setting system. The ruling may also
>| have relevance to the regrettable conduct witnessed in the recent OOXML vote.
> `----
>
> http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=2007090607324049
Umm, interesting... not much rope left now.
>
> Microsoft's OpenXML misses out (for now) on approval as ISO standard
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Bloggers like Andy Updegrove, who have been keeping a close eye on the ISO
>| process for some time, have criticised the voting procedure. He complains
>| that the irregularities reported from some countries have cast a shadow over
>| the credibility of the ISO process. For the standards organisation, it is
>| therefore of particular importance to demonstrate the validity and integrity
>| of the final result, otherwise it threatens to damage the whole system.
>| Updegrove also accuses Microsoft of failing to take the time to produce a
>| decent specification in the first place.
> `----
>
> http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/95564/from/rss09
>
>
> Related:
>
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>| Pieter Hintjens, president of the Foundation for a Free Information
>| Infrastructure, a non-profit organisation that is campaigning against the
>| Microsoft proposal, said: "We've recorded fairly systematic manipulation of
>| the voting process. We've seen what amounts to vote-buying in Italy,
>| Portugal, Colombia, Spain. In Sweden and Denmark, much the same happened ?
>| Microsoft paying their business partners to join the vote."
> `----
>
> http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=FT&Date=20070830&ID=7401878
>
>
> 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.
> `----
>
> 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.
> `----
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=42106
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