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____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 09 October 2008 13:38 : \____
> bbgruff <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> "Activists in the Boycott Novell forum have exposed the more than 5,500 page
>> document in PDF, HTML, Microsoft spreadsheet, and various other formats on
>> their website. Even though OOXML was certified as an ISO standard under
>> turbulent and unsteady circumstances, ISO has been keeping the comprehensive
>> documentation under wraps"
>
> This cannot be a legitimate use of process. Heads must surely begin to
> roll soon.
>
>>
>>
http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/ooxml_documentation_iso_concerned
>>
>> Interesting - threats of copyright abuse, etc. (Not piracy?)
>>
>> I won't pass an opinion, since on this I simply don't know what I'm talking
>> about.
>> HOWEVER, let me say that I WAS under the impression that this document is
>> supposed to be a STANDARD, and an OPEN standard at that?
>> It's name is Office Open XML, I thought?
>>
>> Can somebody (anybody!) explain to me what the hell is the use of a
>> Standard, and particularly an Open one, that I'm not allowed to see????
>>
>> In short, what the hell is going on here?
>>
>
> In short, corruption.
"[A]mazing that corruption is excepted by the entire developed world. stunning
that it has met with resistance only with some developing nations and maybe
the european union. what should have been an overwhelming anger by all
nations . the notion that developed nation are immune to corruption is bogus.
microsoft did it in full view, without any hesitation. microsoft should be
nailed for this."
--Ashok Pai
"Microsoft corrupted many members of ISO in order to win approval for its
phony ‘open’ document format, OOXML. This was so governments that keep their
documents in a Microsoft-only format can pretend that they are using ‘open
standards.’ The government of South Africa has filed an appeal against the
decision, citing the irregularities in the process."
--Richard Stallman, June 2008
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