____/ High Plains Thumper on Friday 29 February 2008 01:42 : \____
> William Poaster wrote:
>> Richard Rasker wrote:
>>> Troy Kirkland wrote:
>>>> "Hadron" wrote...
>>>>
>>>>> ,----
>>>>> | Debate on OOXML standard continues behind closed doors
>>>>> |
>>>>> | With 6,000 pages of text subject to 1,100 modifications, all to be
>>>>> | approved by 120 delegates from 37 countries in just five days, the
>>>>> | task facing the standards committee discussing Microsoft's Office
>>>>> | Open XML (OOXML) document format in Geneva this week is mammoth.
>>>>> |
>>>>> `----
>>>>> http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/022708-debate-on-ooxml-
>>>>> standard-continues.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps they're only interested in the opinions of people who are
>>>> educated in the subject matter. Paid spammers need not apply.
>>>
>>> "Paid spammers", as in "entities paid by a third party to push this
>>> third party's product by overwhealming presence and persistence"? Like
>>> all those new ISO "members", gaining membership and pushing OOXML only
>>> because Microsoft promised them goodies?
>>
>> Well, bloody well. Once again you see Quack the M$ Shill siding with a
>> troll, how unusual.
>
> ISO is a European organisation, although its standards are generally
> accepted world wide. EU has its own software industry, which is wanting
> to obtain more business to be profitable for its own.
>
> Microsoft is an American company with roots and interests mainly in the
> continent. Less income goes to EU sales than in US.
>
> IEEE is traditionally a conservative organisation, which also has
> involvement.
>
> It would not surprise me if the outcome, even with the apparent stacked
> deck of membership winds up in a stalemate or deferred. Microsoft is not
> as much of a benefit as one would think to other parts of the world. It
> is time for Europe to flex its muscles, and I think we may see a different
> outcome than some expect.
Expect more EU fines. Vinje et al are learning the abuses at the moment. They
explore the relevant Web sites.
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