Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>
> SC 34 Meetings, Jeju Island, Korea - Day 4
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| My retirement?
>|
>| With the arrangements made for WG 4, a vacancy arose for the convenorship of
>| WG 1, and I was pleased to accept the honour of taking this role. It is a
>| great responsibility, following in the giant footsteps of preceding convenors
>| Charles Goldfarb, Martin Bryan, and Murata-san himself.
>|
>| On a personal level it must also be said it is a relief to step away from the
>| standardisation of OOXML. Whatever one’s views about the merits of the spec,
>| I think there can be no disagreement with the thought that being heavily
>| involved with its passage is both tiring and stressful. For now, I’ve had
>| enough.
> `----
>
> http://adjb.net/index.php?entry=entry081003-105734
>
> Maybe he can pick up his 'reward' now by getting a very well-paid job at
> Microsoft, just like Peter Galli. Or even Van Der Beld, who now works for a
> Microsoft lobbying platform, having done the dirty jobs in ECMA and changed
> rules for Microsoft in ISO.
>
> A bunch of hyena sharing the loot, harboring fraud and misconduct...
>
I'm not so sure - it sounds to me as though this guy has had enough of
trying to peddle corruption, but time will surely tell on this one.
Let's see where he turns up next.
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