Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:25:38 +0200, Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>
>> Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:18:05 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>> Spot the logic flaw.
>>>
>>> Supposedly, Microsoft has "stuffed" the US SC34 committee. Ok, let's
>>> accept that for the moment. According to Rob, below:
>>>
>>>>| Regardless, the US
>>>>| SC34 mirror committee typically sends a delegation of 2 or 3 people to
>>>>| international meetings.
>>>
>>> Ok, so even if the US committe sent only Microsoft employees, that means
>>> it sends only 2 or 3 members to an international committee.
>>>
>>>>| The international standards body ISO has offered to help maintain the
>>>>| ODF document standard alongside its work on the rival
>>>>| Microsoft-originated OOXML specification, saying its creator Oasis is
>>>>| not dealing with defect reports quickly enough.
>>>
>>> Ok, so please tell me how a maximum of "2 or 3" Microsoft atendees owns
>>> an international meeting of dozens?
>>>
>>> This is Roy's logic. A = B, therfore A = C (nevermind that B != C)
>>>
>>> If Microsoft Stuffs the US committee, And the US committee sends 2 or 3
>>> people to the international meeting, that means the international
>>> meeting is stuff too.
>>>
>>> Wow, what logic.
>>
>> Last thing I've heard was that MS has people working in other countries,
>> too...
>
> That may be, but there was no evidence of that to support his claims in
> this post. He made claims in the title and the body which his references
> did not support.
Well, what part of "half the members of the SC34 committee are MS people" is
too difficult for you to understand?
Face it, Erik, you can't weasel around the fact that MS tries to bring ODF
under its control, given that their own "standard" was only accepted by
bribing people all around the world
--
Only two things are infinite,
the Universe and Stupidity.
And I'm not quite sure about the former.
- Albert Einstein
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