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On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 18:11:13 -0400,
Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:26:49 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> OOXML: Wasn't There Supposed to be a Final Text Within a Month?
>>
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>>| Not to burst any bubbles, but I think the ISO folks have failed to follow the
>>| rules.
>>|
>>| [...]
>>|
>>| Personally, I seem to be losing count already of rules breached, but some of
>>| you are anal types and probably have charts and graphs and spreadsheets,
>>| because you haven't yet fully grasped the insouciant breeziness of the
>>| standards process in our modern world.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080404031741259
>>
>> EC probes OOXML standards-setting process
>>
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>>| A spokesman for the European Commissioner for Competition, Neelie Kroes, told
>>| The Register that regulators were continuing to scrutinise interoperability
>>| issues related to Microsoft¢s products following complaints from the
>>| Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS) group.
>>|
>>| As part of that process, the EC formally contacted a number of national
>>| standards bodies, including the Norwegian Standards Institute (NSI),
>>| requesting more details about possible irregularities in the OOXML
>>| standardisation process.
>
> What a bunch of whiners the EC is.
>
> If I were Microsoft, I would pull all their products from Europe and see
> what happens.
> The EU would be crawling back begging for support within a week.
>
>
So ms-windows installs can't last a week without direct support from
Redmond?
that's pretty pathetic!
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