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Re: [News] Hypocritical ISO Screws Up Again with Proprietary Formats

____/ William Poaster on Tuesday 25 March 2008 11:18 : \____

> Mark Kent wrote:
> 
>> Jesper Lund Stocholm <jls2008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>> news:4rw9slu5a5ct$.okdfhgy1mlmt$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx:
>>> 
>>>> On 24 Mar 2008 14:02:51 GMT, Jesper Lund Stocholm wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>>>> news:17b4b5-kdt.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> So, Jesper, what's your excuse for assisting in the breaking of
>>>>>> rules?
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am not assisting in doing what you say.
>>>> 
>>>> Just so you know what kind of a person you are dealing with Jesper,
>>>> here is some information about Mark Kent.
>>>> 
>>>> As you can see he is a major hypocrite:
>>> 
>>> Yes, I saw the thread with Mark's exposure
>> 
>> <chuckle>
>> 
>> I've always been quite open about my position, and unlike you, I post on
>> topic, pro-charter material.  There isn't and never has been anything
>> to expose.  I retain my openly and publicly stated position that open
>> platforms prevent vendor lock-in.  I've put a line to this effect in my
>> .sig, so that anyone who thinks that I've been "exposed" can see that the
>> trolls have "exposed" a statement of what I've always said.
>> 
>> If you look on the internet, you'll see, as I've repeatedly stated in
>> cola, that I travel the world lecturing on this subject.  My position is
>> and always has been the same.
>> 
>> A sub-text of that is that the abuse of standards processes, as you're
>> involved in, actively assists in vendor lock-in, which actively promotes
>> the abuse of customers by suppliers.
>> 
>> So again, what's your excuse for assisting in pushing an immature and
>> unimplemntable document through a fast-track process which was never
>> intended for such use?
>> 
>> ... and no hiding behind childish "exposures" please.
>> 
> As you can see, Jesper Lund Stocholm enjoys the company of trolls like "Moshe
> Goldfarb" Flatfish.
> http://colatrolls.blogspot.com/2008/01/moshe-goldfarb-troll.html
> 
> I doubt you'll get the answer you want. Like politicians, the M$ shills
> & "partners" will probably evade giving a direct answer to the question at
> all costs.

This collision between an army of scum Microsoft employs to subvert online
forums/sites and more respectable business partners does not add much to the
latter's credibility. In fact, this is reminiscent of the ballot-stuffing
phenomenon in ISO, which some call "Yes men". That's why I invited Jesper to
have this discussion elsewhere, but he did not respond to the invitation.

-- 
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