____/ [H]omer on Sunday 06 April 2008 11:23 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Matt spake thusly:
>> 7 wrote:
>
>>> At the destruction of ISO itself?
>>
>> The IT-related parts of many of the national ISO bodies have been
>> corrupted. Some of the stalwarts of those corrupted bodies are going
>> to spread the word about the carpetbaggers---to the ISO power
>> structure at large. We are going to see a house cleaning and rule
>> changes---and injury to Microsoft. They will wish they hadn't
>> crammed that thing down ISO's throat.
>
> IMHO the OOXML fiasco has done more to expose the true depth of
> Microsoft's corruption than any other event in their history, including
> the Netscape; Novell; Sun; and Comes cases. The Vista class action suit
> may turn out to be equally damaging, but for different reasons.
>
> I can't say with any degree of certainty that Linux adoption is
> increasing proportionate to these revelations, but dissent against
> Microsoft certainly seems to be, and in the long run that may have the
> desired effect, one way or another.
>
> Let's hope so.
I am very happy about the OOXML fiasco (in a sense) because it gave us a sea of
corruption stories (at least a couple of hundreds) to be used in years to
come. For almost every country, there is probably at least one 'match' where
you can show how Microsoft screws that country. Microsoft gave some very
effective ammunition to its more critical and vocal watchers and it is going
to regret this not just because of the heavy EU fines and the public
embarrassment they will bring.
No crime -- however effective it might be -- is a good one, provided you get
caught.
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