After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> ____/ HighPlainsThumper on Tuesday 16 October 2007 22:57 : \____
>
>> [H]omer wrote:
>>> Too many new P members who were only interested in taking
>>> bribes for OOXML support, now hold back the standards process
>>> with apathy:
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> But unfortunately, the damage has not stopped there: since the
>>> OOXML ballot closed on September 2, not a single ballot has
>>> received enough votes to count in this important committee.
>>> Why? Because the last minute arrivals to SC 34 are not
>>> bothering to vote.
>>>
>>> Microsoft, like an 800lb gorilla in a china shop, have once
>>> again taken something valuable and broken it. They may not
>>> create (innovate), but they certainly are very adept at
>>> destruction. They must be proud, after all, by all accounts
>>> they profit very well by it.
>
> The ISO, just like Ecma is very pro-Microsoft in-house it seems. I can list a
> lot of evidence if you require here. The standards bodies were corrupted by
> the Microsoft Money Machine. It's time to shut them (Microsoft or the bodies)
> down.
I'm not sure if this was foresight or dumb luck for Microsoft. They
found a way to disable a standards body that is considering
non-Microsoft standards.
I can hear Bill already:
"Cool"
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Cool!
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