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Re: Publishing of OOXML standard by ISO delayed due to appeal process

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____/ Matt on Saturday 16 August 2008 12:06 : \____

> http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1136
> 
>>  Four national standards bodies appeal against approval of ISO/IEC DIS 29500
>> 
>> 2008-06-06
> 
>> According to the ISO/IEC rules, a document which is the subject of an appeal
>> cannot be published as an ISO/IEC International Standard while the appeal is
>> going on. Therefore, the decision to publish or not ISO/IEC DIS 29500 as an
>> ISO/IEC International Standard cannot be taken until the outcome of the
>> appeals is known.
> 
> 
> Somehow I don't remember seeing this in COLA, so I post it now in case
> others didn't see it.

"ISO has lost its credibility as a standards-setting organization. It has
proven that technical merit plays no role in its decisions, which likely
carries across all facets of its operation."

                                                --Tony O'Bryan

http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-08-15-025-35-NW-LL-0002

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