* [H]omer peremptorily fired off this memo:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Cuba Votes No to OOXML - Says It Did So in September, Too - Updated
>
> Yet another exposure of serious corruption within ISO. How exactly did
> they manage to count a /no/ vote as a /yes/?
>
>> Cuba was also forced to send its comments as *gasp* Microsoft Word
>> files (yes, to ISO!), so it needed to mail it.
>
> Also I find this "requirement" to send comments in a *Word* document
> format (of all things) deeply disturbing. How much confidence can anyone
> have in the impartiality of a supposed standards body that pro-actively
> promotes and enforces the use of proprietary technology?
It's insanity.
--
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't
lose.
-- Bill Gates, The Road Ahead (1995)
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