____/ 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.
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