Story: ISO calls for end to OOXML 'personal attacks'
ISO process has been gamed, why back off?
Given (a) the numerous reports of national standards bodies forcing through an acceptance vote, (b) the EU investigation of same (see your own site's article on the subject) and (c) the sudden influx of full-voting-rights P members just ahead of this particular proposal, the inescapable conclusion is that the ISO approval process has been thoroughly gamed by Microsoft to get their de-facto standard an ISO stamp of approval. This allows them to compete "standard-to-standard" with the vendor-independent ODF format approved by ISO last year.
There is now a problem reported by the SC 34 chair that these new P members have sat silent on other items coming before the committee, causing roadblocks for lack of quorum, again giving the appearance of a manipulated result for Microsoft's favor.
This 'cease-fire' effort only seems to be an attempt to quiet the protests in the hope of them dying down with time. Given the numerous complaints raised, this matter is not likely to go away having been dragged out into the light without actively working to address the issues. ISO needs to sack up and deal with it, or watch their reputation decline.
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Story: ISO calls for end to OOXML 'personal attacks'
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ISO lost all credibility samie91 -
You missed the real story with the meeting in Oslo Marbux -
If there's such strong disagreement, OOXML shouldn... SPM -
ISO process has been gamed, why back off? rkhalloran -
If there was ever a place for non-violent protest.... ijames -
Personal attacks? ego.sum.stig -
Personal Attacks? Moley -
Oh, hating Microsoft is so cool... LadyRoot -
If they weren't thugs, we wouldn't hate them J.A. Watson -
Microsoft has right to dictate standards... LadyRoot -
CoolAid required dogStar -
Mostly right, with critical excepti... J.A. Watson -
But OOXML is a non-standard SPM -
ODF is not a standard LadyRoot -
The ISO would disagree dogStar -
ODF is ISO/IEC 26300:2006 Chris Rankin -
(Full ISO link provided here.) Chris Rankin -
de-facto vs. de-jure rkhalloran -
Yes! Microsoft must be stoppe... ijames -
Microsoft should not dictate standa... rkhalloran -
Talk about missing the point so com... ego.sum.stig -
Well said LadyRoot David Long -
Apple and Google are "tech darlings" for... ijames -
Lady Root, I sincerely hope you're just troll... Chris Rankin -
OOXML personal attacks. ator1940 -
Eyes have been opened David Long -
O(O)XML and .docx Moley -
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