Standards Expert Defends OOXML Fast-track Bid
News Jan van den Beld, the former secretary general of European standards organisation Ecma International, said the fast-track process was necessary to ensure proposed standards are not technologically outdated by the time they are approved years later.
[March 25, 2008, 11:51]
Hidden Pitfalls In .Net Open Source?
News Jan van den Beld, secretary general of ECMA, the European body where .Net specifications are being fashioned into an international standard, said Microsoft does not have to disclose any patents on .Net technologies, unless it is not willing to...
[August 6, 2001, 16:38]
Java Standards Glitch May Open Door For Microsoft
News ECMA General Secretary Jan van den Beld said Sun's objections about copyright are new. Sun Microsystems has until December 1 to inform ECMA whether it wants to continue working with ECMA to standardise Java.
[November 22, 1999, 10:51]
OOXML Debacle - Time To Take Away ECMA's Toys?
Blog Comment Judge, OOXML is neither a "debacle" nor is the ISO/IEC Fast Track procedure Ecma's "toy". Ecma is a well respected standardization body with a long history. If you want to find out more about it and its present and past standards please visit the...
[March 5, 2008, 13:10]
