____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 09 January 2008 19:45 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 09 January 2008 13:42 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 09 January 2008 11:34 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 5 predictions about OOXML in 2008
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>>> | The <NO>OOXML leaders spoke at the 24 Chaos Communication Congress
>>>>>>> | in Berlin just before New Year. They predict that Microsoft will
>>>>>>> | manage to have their broken standard adopted by ISO on the 1st of
>>>>>>> | April 2008, after heavy lobbying and control of the discussions of
>>>>>>> | the Ballot Resolution Meeting in Geneva.
>>>>>>> `----
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let's hope that Jody Goldberg gets his precious "documentation". Looks
>>>>>> like he'll need it, thanks to him helping Microsoft to maintain their
>>>>>> dominance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> A "ballot resolution" meeting? Doesn't sound very democratic to me...
>>>>
>>>> Predictions say that over half the people there will be Softies... to vote
>>>> on a Microsoft thing. Corruption never knew such scale and it's all
>>>> happening in daylight.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think the only thing which can be done here is to highlight as robustly
>>> as possible the nature of the corruption, and list the individual's
>>> names and their associations as visibly as possible. In the end, it
>>> will surely put a stop to this game.
>>
>> Heh! Where does one even begin?
>>
>> Microsoft accused of stacking ISO committee
>>
>> ,----[ Quote
>>| In a memo sent following his last meeting as head of the working group on
>>| WG1, which is handling Microsoft?s application to make the Word format an
>>| ISO standard as ECMA 376, outgoing Governor Martin Bryan (above), an expert
>>| on SGML and XML, accused the company of stacking his group.
>> `----
>>
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1777
>>
>>
>> Dysfunctional ISO - Courtesy of Microsoft
>>
>>
http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2007/12/dysfunctional-iso-courtesy-of-microsoft.html
>>
>>
>> Corrupt countries were more likely to support the OOXML document format
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| 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
>>
>>
>> Portugal will send Microsoft to the BRM
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Microsoft, as president of the Portuguese Technical Committee, is already
>>| controlling who will be at the BRM for Portugal. The Head of Delegation
>>| will be... Microsoft!
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-27501/portugal-will-send-microsoft-to-the-brm
>>
>>
>> IBM is still locked out of the Portuguese OOXML meeting
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| In spite of various communications, we [IBM] are still locked out and will
>>| not be allowed to participate. Microsoft will be there, as well as a
>>| special Microsoft guest, as will various Microsoft business partners, and
>>| others.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=1755
>>
>>
>> Microsoft's Stephen McGibbon to represent Ireland at the BRM?
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| There are rumors circulating in Ireland that Microsoft's Stephen McGibbon
>>| might be part of the Irish delegation to attend the BRM in Geneva.
>>| Microsoft is already controlling the Portuguese delegation, you can expect
>>| that they will control half of the table at Geneva. O'MyGod!
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-29606/microsoft-s-stephen-mcgibbon-to-represent-ireland-at-the-brm
>>
>> Some people who attended national meetings posted anonymous snitches with
>> names of people. BoycottNovell and Groklaw have some list of names of those
>> sellouts. With the Internet, nobody gets away. :-)
>>
>
> Perhaps you should start sending this to eg., The Guardian? They might
> be interested in a detailed examination of all this? It could easily be
> linked with the BBC/Microsoft linkup, the licence-fee wastage, the
> National Archives and British Library scandals, and even Becta.
There's clearly some corruption going on here, but not all media companies feel
comfortable about covering corruption (they need to face corporate backlash).
Maybe you can group some of this and send it to journalists? This is all a
reality from reliable sources. It's crime in daylight.
--
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