____/ Linonut on Saturday 01 March 2008 16:14 : \____
> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> Showdown in Geneva: OOXML Fails to Achieve Majority Approval at BRM
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Many, many, people around the world have tried very hard to make the OOXML
>>| adoption process work. It is very unfortunate that they were put to this
>>| predictably unsuccessful result through the self-interest of a single
>>| vendor taking advantage of a permissive process that was never intended to
>>| be abused
>>| in this fashion. It would be highly inappropriate to compound this error
>>| by
>>| approving a clearly unfinished specification in the voting period ahead.
>>| To paraphrase a former First Lady, it's time to "Just say No" to OOXML.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20080229055319727
>
> There are two ways in which you may hear the results of the BRM
> summarized by those that issue statements and press releases in the
> days to come. Perhaps inevitably, they are diametrically opposed, as
> has so often happened in the ODF - OOXML saga to date. Those results
> are as follows:
>
> 98.4% of the OOXML Proposed Dispositions were approved by a three
> to two majority at the BRM, validating OOXML
>
> The OOXML Proposed Dispositions OOXML were overwhelmingly
> rejected by the delegations in attendance at the BRM,
> indicating the inability of OOXML to be adequately addressed
> within the "Fast Track" process
>
> In this blog entry, I will explain why the latter position is
> the only supportable conclusion, and help you read the
> various press releases and statements that may be made with
> the benefit of the appropriate context.
>
> All of the links Roy posted seem to (on a quick reading) show the
> various spins on the result.
>
> No doubt we'll get some more spin from the COLA inhabitants.
Yes, I was going to post about it in a minute. They now change their tune.
Spin, spin, spin... but no ISO for the time being.
--
~~ Best of wishes
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