Massachusetts Lowers its Standards
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| They are asking for comments, because they have to, I guess, but I
| doubt they care what you tell them.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070703002707260
The Mass. OOXML Announcement: What the Scribes Say
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| Not surprisingly, they are from journalists that have been following
| the ODF/OOXML story from the beginning, or not long thereafter, who
| could quickly round up the usual suspects and pull a quote or two for
| context.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070702185726624
Write this down. Microsoft is above the law, even when it comes to
defining "contradiction", "open", and "standard". Oppression in words. The
wallet suffers.
Related:
Packing The Court At The ISO?
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| ...P member countries ('participating member' countries) sending
| representatives, and I am interested to note the majority of
| their representatives are, as individuals, also Microsoft employees.
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| [...]
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| How can they not see that OOXML (ECMA 376) is unwanted by anyone outside of
| Microsoft? How about it Brian Jones? Are you really so desperate that you
| have to resort to that?
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http://lnxwalt.wordpress.com/2007/03/23/packing-the-court-at-the-iso/
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