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FOSS Debates, Part 2: Standard Deviations
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| Looking ahead, standards organizations "need to sit down and admit there is a
| problem, and then decide if they want to help or hinder industry progress,"
| Mack said.
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| "I'm hoping the ISO recovers from this," he added. "They have been publicly
| humiliated by the debacle but refuse to admit anything went wrong. Monty
| Python's 'Black Knight' imitation would actually be amusing if the stakes
| weren't so high."
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/66486.html?wlc=1236961608
Related:
South Africa Files Official Appeal Re OOXML - OOXML in Limbo Now
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| I wonder if this is why Microsoft suddenly decided to support ODF, to avoid
| being shut out completely pending the appeal. Might other national bodies be
| considering doing the same thing? Stay tuned.
|
| [...]
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| So. OOXML is not currently an official standard? I think that is what this
| means. It will take months, at least, I believe, to resolve this. So, to me
| the ODF support announcement by Microsoft yesterday suddenly makes sense. I
| wrote a bit about the appeal process here, if you want to review it. In the
| immortal words of Yogi Berra, it ain't over till it's over.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080523130503456
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