OOXML ballot comments
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| The DIS 29500 ballot comments have been published on the SC34 web site (ZIP
| of Word documents).
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| Glancing through them, I am struck by how much is word-for-word identical
| between countries. Maybe countries shared comments (and certainly the open
| Wiki for UK comments may have been a source), or maybe some of the larger
| multi-national organisations reviewing DIS 29500 their fed pooled comments
| down to many different nations. Ultimately, though, the source of comments
| does not matter; what matters is whether they have technical merit.
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http://www.adjb.net/index.php?entry=entry070909-104641
Word format? Doesn't that just give away the bias? More signs of fraud as well
(see the whole writeup.
http://www.jtc1sc34.org/
Here is how a panel on OOXML goes (Microsoft was 'caught' sending non-technical
people on purpose)
Working for Standards
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| One is the "I don't understand" role. When the technical experts get going,
| they decide on something, and then they need to figure out how to word it in
| the specification. Making these experts come up with a good way of explaining
| the issue and the resolution is incredibly important, but often doesn't
| happen as the others on the committee are too embarrassed to admit that they
| don't understand.
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| In the end, technical committees need members who can talk to other people;
| who listen to a different point of view and can respectfully disagree; who
| can admit when someone has a better idea; and who can check their ego at the
| door.
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http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/womenintech/2007/09/07/working-for-standards.html
Related:
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.
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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.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=42106
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