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____/ Homer on Thursday 01 Oct 2009 23:40 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> On Mono, Miguel, Stallman and Fusion with Microsoft
> [...]
>> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090927151401988
>
> Well, if there was ever any doubt that de Icaza is a Microsoft shill,
> just read this:
>
> "Had the same level of scrutiny and criticism been applied to ODF
> than is being applied to OOXML there would be no ISO standard today"
> ~ Miguel de Icaza
>
> Really, Miguel?
>
> [quote]
> However, 80%+ of the resolutions of the BRM were resolved by a ballot,
> without discussion, without taking into account any dissenting views,
> without reconciling any arguments. Indeed, there was not any opportunity
> to even raise an objection to an issue decided by the ballot. Many of
> the issues were decided in 6-5 or 7-6 split votes, with no discussion.
> How can that be said to be a consensus? This is an utter failure to
> follow the cardinal principles of JTC1 process.
> [/quote]
>
> http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/03/art-of-being-mugged.html
>
> Such "high" levels of scrutiny are bound to produce a "superb standard",
> eh Miguel?
>
> His blatant fawning to Microsoft is sickening. The fact that he pretends
> to be a Free Software developer only compounds the issue, especially
> when others in the community are fooled into following his pro-Microsoft
> indoctrination, as he paints those who dissent against Microsoft as
> "zealots", and expounds the "need" for interoperability with Microsoft's
> portfolio of Slopware ... by poisoning Free Software with their "IP",
> second-rate development tools, and dangerously substandard development
> practises.
>
> It seems I misspoke when I assumed de Icaza was simply disinterested in
> the politics of software, displaced by technical obsessions. He's
> clearly /very/ interested in the politics, when he resorts to
> "evangelising" something so obviously flawed just to support Microsoft.
I don't think so. I think he can still wake up, sober up, and change direction. TomTom
sure was a timely reminder.
- --
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