Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 29 March 2008 19:07 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 29 March 2008 12:37 : \____
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>> How many bricks for 67Bricks?
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>| Inigo Surguy, the 67 Bricks Chief Technologist, was appointed Principal
>>>>>| UK Expert in Microsoft?s Office Open XML (OOXML) document format by the
>>>>>| British Standards Institute technical committee responsible for British
>>>>>| and international XML standards.
>>>>>|
>>>>>| 67Bricks is part of the Microsoft Empower programme.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-49516/how-many-bricks-for-67bricks
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It would appear that BSI were corrupted, and it would asem that Mr
>>>> Surgey and 67 Bricks were part of the process.
>>>>
>>>> Dr Pugh MP has already been digging into this, so presumably it won't be
>>>> very long before Parliament start to make the connection between the
>>>> MS/BBC iPlayer ?130 millions disaster and the corruption of BSI in order
>>>> to push a Microsoft-only format as a "standard".
>>>
>>> Some journalists are already aware of this and information is being passed.
>>> Whether the legal system works is another question...
>>>
>>
>> I would think that at the very least, this will result in a total
>> restructuring of BSI. The British Standards Insitute does not exist for
>> the purpose of promoting proprietary and unimplementable documentation
>> as standards in order to prop up an ailing monopoly for a foreign
>> company, no matter how powerful that company once was.
>>
>> BSI is in all kinds of trouble, now.
>
> Let's hope the EC will put this under the 'formal investigation' umbrella.
>
> I think that Pugh's letter may have something to do with an E-mail I sent out
> some days ago.
>
> All in all, it looks bad for Microsoft. While Fox news (and the likes of it) do
> not publish the truth, what's important is that CIOs get passed this
> information. They read technology sites and they become well aware of the
> truth, regardless of what the public gets told by Murdock and Ilk.
>
If Fox News spent their time covering government corruption, they'd
never have time for the stories on how well the Iraqis are being beaten
by their friendly helpful invaders...
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