Legacy Inflation
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| So let's reject Microsoft's push for legacy inflation. Otherwise we will soon
| find that the next version of OOXML is also unchangable, since Office 14 will
| be out before the next version of OOXML is standardized. Will we then be
| unable to change anything in OOXML 1.1 because Office 14 is already in beta?
| Where does this end?
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http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/02/legacy-inflation.html
Mind this important observation. What will be discussed anyway? Some countries
raised no comments after about one day of review (of 6000+ pages). This is a
mockery to everything in the system.
Can you live with it?
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| Given that NBs were never given the time necessary to review the whole
| specification, that the little review that could be done has revealed a low
| quality level, plus the fact that the BRM is limited to discussing the issues
| that were raised from partial reviews, no matter what happens at the BRM,
| there is plenty left for one to say “I can’t live with it”. It would actually
| be unprofessional not to.
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http://lehors.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/can-you-live-with-it/
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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