Story: OOXML approval system open to abuse

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Fundamental misunderstandings...

If you follow the links, you'll see that the 'anti-Microsoft fundamentalism' jibe was used against someone who was trying to raise technical questions about OOXML - the insinuation being that the motivation of the questioner was political, rather than practical.

It's like being called anti-semitic when you question the actions of the Israeli state, or anti-capitalist when you talk about reforms of corporate law. It is, I think, a way of avoiding the real issues.

As for the Indian quote, that was just a report, with the reader being left to make up their mind.

The fact that such a quote could be made is, I feel, the most interesting part, and doesn't depend on the underlying assumptions of the quote being true.

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