Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 29 March 2008 19:04 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 29 March 2008 12:38 : \____
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>> Possible manipulation around OOXML process in Poland
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>| Just to remind you, on Thursday?s meeting 12 members voted for OOXML, 10
>>>>>| members voted against it and 2 abstained from voting. As the consensus
>>>>>| has not been achieved, Andrukiewicz decided that the voting should
>>>>>| continue by e-mail and all the missing members should be allowed to vote.
>>>>>| What she did not mention is that if the missing members fail to send her
>>>>>| an e-mail with their stance, it will be automatically assumed they vote
>>>>>| yes. This is one of the crazy rules of PKN process of opinioning new ISO
>>>>>| standards.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
> http://polishlinux.org/poland/possible-manipulation-around-ooxml-process-in-poland/
>>>>
>>>> Wow - that's total corruption.
>>>
>>> And they eventually votes "Yes". Now confirmed. The EU is already
>>> investigating this incident, among others. Tell Microsoft to borrow more
>>> than 20 billion dollars for Yahoo.... they'll need to pay some heavy fines
>>> also... and see their business in Europe grinding to a halt. Not embargo,
>>> but procurement intervention. The world needn't do business with criminal
>>> because there's already Free software. Oh, and it's much better anyway.
>>>
>>
>> I would think that those whose votes were against and/or abstained will
>> now be furious at having been misrepresented by Microsoft on the global
>> stage. I can't see this doing a great deal of good for Microsoft's
>> standing either in Poland or in Geneva.
>
> Or in Brussels. The latest corruptions I'll post about in a minutes. It's
> infuriating and there is no way in this world Microsoft won't get severely
> punished for it.
>
We just need to keep highlighting corruption in order to stop it.
Oddly, I was watching an old "Professionals" episode yesterday (thanks
to mythtv!), which happened to be about corruption in local councils and
the building trade. Some things remain a constant...
By the way, "Prisoner" is being shown again, anyone who hasn't seen it
really should - it's one of the finest television shows ever made.
Two episodes have gone by; the first one where our hero resigns his
civil service job and finds himself in the village, and the second one
where he makes his first major escape attempt.
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