____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 26 March 2008 07:43 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> The File Format Standards Conundrum
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| One major reason for such anti-XML sentiment is that Microsoft does not
>>| intend to support its own standard. According to Microsoft once OOXML
>>| becomes a standard, it will have a governing body outside of Microsoft
>>| therefore it cannot guarantee if that governing body's decisions will be
>>| acceptable by itself.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.cxotoday.com/India/Editors_Speak/The_File_Format_Standards_Conundrum/551-87899-904.html
>>
>> Here is the South African government against OOXML and software patents:
>>
>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-443526201833707871&hl=en (Geraldine
>> Fraser-Moleketi)
>>
>
> The problem with corruption is that you just can't trust it!
What's more disturbing is that the mainstream press barely gives the corruption
any coverage [refs below]. It's too shy, maybe afraid of advertisers.
If Microsoft makes corruption the standard (or de facto standard, or norm),
then it will cease to even be coverage-worthy. Since when is the detection of
corruption the work only or low-profile regulators and not journalists who are
intended to inform the public? I think it was Dan Gilmore who last year said
that "the media lost its guts." (not exact quote)
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Appeals Court Rules that Deceptive Conduct in Standard Setting can Violate
Antitrust Laws
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=2007090607324049
Danish Unix User Group Files Complaint With EU Commission Against Denmark For
Mandating MSOOXML
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080226164131724
Corrupt countries were more likely to support the OOXML document format
http://www.effi.org/blog/kai-2007-09-05.en.html
Microsoft accused of more OOXML standards fiddling
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=42106
Bam! Comical Creese debunks OpenDocumentFormat Alliance
http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-41447/bam-comical-creese-debunks-opendocumentformat-alliance
Final vote at the brm - catastropic failure at BRM
http://harishpillay.livejournal.com/
Microsoft’s secretive standards orgs in Former Yugoslavia
http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/092407-ooxml.html?page=1
Probe into votes on Microsoft standard
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/88e570a2-ea56-11dc-b3c9-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1
The Art of Being Mugged
http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/03/art-of-being-mugged.html
How to Royally Annoy National Bodies
http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/03/how-to-royally.html
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