____/ alt on Monday 24 March 2008 03:28 : \____
> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:29:15 -0600, High Plains Thumper wrote:
>
>> Microsoft has released a statement which says, "While we are
>> disappointed with the decision of the BIS LITD 15 committee, we are very
>> encouraged by the support of IT industry players like NASSCOM, TCS,
>> Wipro and Infosys who voted in favour of Open XML becoming an ISO
>> standard. Further, the Indian government, industry stalwarts and trade
>> bodies have supported multiple standards and technology neutrality.
>
>> Hmmm .... I don't see a clear win ....
>
> The only "Winners" if OOXML becomes a standard is Microsoft (but I
> suspect this will be a short term win). Everyone else will lose:
>
> The consumers because they'll lose choice in applications as well as lost
> control of their data.
>
> The IT Industry because they'll have to deal with OOXML.
>
> The ISO because they'll lose their credibility.
They have /already/ lost their credibility. They just continue making it worse
because blunders in their process are discovered (and publicised) each day.
> The citizens of countries because many governments will continue with
> their existing procurement policies thus costing excessive amounts of
> money and being at the mercy of one company for its data.
Expect more antitrust fines. Microsoft might eventually regret also the damage
to its image. The OOXML fiasco gave us enough fraud stories to last for a
century.
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