http://wikileaks.org/wiki/IEC_central_office_on_the_OOXML_fast_trac_process_2007
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Neue-Zweifel-am-Schnellverfahren-zur-ISO-Normierung-von-Microsofts-OOXML--/meldung/110546
Heise Reports ISO Report on Fast Track is on Wikileaks
[PJ: The report is in German, and you must draw your own conclusions. They
provide a link to the document on Wikileaks, which is in English, and they say
the report "does not directly refer to that particular fast track process.
Rather it is a response to a question which had been asked at a previous
meeting of ISO/IEC JTC1's Special Working Group on the Directives about the
fast-track process in relation to amendments to standards." The conclusion?
That fast tracking should only be for standards "which do not need changes".
The origin of the document is "IEC Central Office", and is guessed to be
Gabriel Barta. The significance is that ISO publicly has stated how
wonderfully the OOXML Fast Track process worked. It seems someone disagrees.]
Of course, Microsoft hired the ECMA shills to rewrite the rules. What a
first-class disaster. Microsoft corrupt everything it touches.
Recent:
ISO process slammed
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| Rob Weir, co-chairman of the OASIS Open Document Format (ODF) technical
| committee, says the blatant committee backing around the world to have the
| standard ratified was disconcerting. He says in several countries, countries
| voted yes at the last minute and were “heard of no more. It makes a mockery
| of the system.”
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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/software/2008/0806131046.asp?O=FPTOP&S=Legal%20View&A=LEG
Document standards row heats up
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| Standards body the Open Document Format (ODF) Alliance closed ranks with the
| European Commission (EC) against Microsoft today, issuing a statement
| applauding the commission's vociferous endorsement of the ODF standard in an
| effort to avoid vendor lock-in on document formats.
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http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2218954/odf-alliance-applauds-ec-stance
Weeks ago:
SCO vs. Linux – mixed reactions to Novell Unix copyright verdict
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| From hackers to financial analysts, the question of what happens next is
| occupying the minds of many in the IT industry – not all of them as
| well-informed as Pamela Jones, the good fairy behind Groklaw, a website which
| follows such cases. She has told Infoworld that Microsoft will be the next
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| SCO Group; the company has been loudly rattling its patent sabres, claiming
| ^^^^^^^^^
| earlier this year that Linux violated mote than 235 Microsoft patents.
| Whether Microsoft goes beyond mere sabre rattling and whether SCO manages
| anything more than a last gasp is also a question of how you evaluate the
| course of court proceedings so far.
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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/features/SCO-vs-Linux-mixed-reactions-to-Novell-Unix-copyright-verdict--/110819
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