____/ Linonut on Thursday 27 March 2008 13:35 : \____
> * Doug Mentohl peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> "So in essence, V1 has been taken over by Microsofties, and Mr Durusau
>> is in a tight situation. If he were to be negative towards OOXML, his
>> stacked V1 will retaliate and bar the progress of his normal work:
>> work on ODF 1.2"
>>
>> http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/03/fear-that-shoul.html
>
> So Mr Cheong pleaded to us, "Dont give up this chance for Malaysia
> to be heard. If we vote Disapprove, Malaysia will NEVER be on that
> table! We have already implemented OOXML in our products, and if its
> not standardised, the format will change!"
>
> Oh Noes! Malaysia will be blacklisted! Microsoft will go dark again!
> We will never see the light in our documents ever! The world is going
> to end!
>
> Yeah. Fear. Uncertainty. Nice try.
>
> . . .
>
> Now, about the case about Microsoft retracting OOXML as an
> international standard is erroneous fear mongering. First of all,
> OOXML is already an international standard. Although less glamorous
> than ISO, it's stated as an international standard by Ecma
> International: Ecma 376. So your precious file format specifications
> will never go away.
>
> Additionally, Microsoft HAS to standardise its file formats. In 2004
> the European Union requested Microsoft to publish and standardise
> their file formats. So Microsoft does not have an option! Its just
> that this time, they need to do it properly instead of rushing it
> through the Fast Track process.
>
> Malaysia as a 'P' Country in ISO, will always have a table in the
> development of OOXML, if Microsoft is sincere in its standards
> initiative.
>
> (Yoon Kit, representing the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers)
I think that Malaysia is the only same (/and/ vocal) country at the moment, but
Microsoft is still trying to corrupt it. Night and Day!
How to Royally Annoy National Bodies
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| Guide to future monopolists on how to alienate yourself from National Bodies:
|
| 1. Waste NBs time in reviewing monstrous draft specifications
| 2. Claim that these specs can do everything for anyone by standardising
| marketing material
| 3. If you don't get your way at a certain level, lobby the superior above.
| Dont stop! Go all the way to the head of the nation if you think you can!
| 4. Leak press stories to journalists to pressure Ministries to make a
| decision. Quick!
| 5. Try to shut down TCs if actual technical work is done revealing issues
| with your plan
| 6. Question Question Question everything (process, fairness, the system,
| members) when things dont go your way
| 7. Otherwise create another TC with friendly experts
| 8. If the NB allows new members just by paying membership fees, encourage
| your business partners to join with marketing funds. Stack-stack-stack it
| high!
| 9. Stalk decision makers, even if it means traveling around the globe with
| them
| 10. Refuse changes in the spec especially if it breaks your product which
| you released prior
| 11. Have private interviews with TC members in the guise of funding for
| their new projects/research grants/interoperability initiatives and
| conveniently talk about their position on your spec.
| 12. Get your Business Partners to write in form letters. Some don't even
| bother to change the templates
| 13. Attend TC meetings uninvited by fabricating business cards
| 14. Send Lawyers in to Technical Committee meetings who prefer not to
| engage in "high-school" debates
| 15. Make rude and inaccurate statements against TC members in public
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