Comments on: OOXML: A global NO so far but still counting http://avi.alkalay.net/2008/03/ooxml-global-no-so-far.html Digital Awareness and Flying Spirit Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:27:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Avi http://avi.alkalay.net/2008/03/ooxml-global-no-so-far.html/comment-page-1#comment-120745 Avi Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:46:12 +0000 http://avi.alkalay.net/2008/03/ooxml-global-no-so-far.html#comment-120745 Andy, I've been traveling across many countries to talk to their National Standardization Bodies and what I am finding is that these institutions are simply naive and don't know how to run a standardization process. Microsoft could cast a YES vote in many countries simply because these NBs don't know how to act. Sad but true. Andy, I’ve been traveling across many countries to talk to their National Standardization Bodies and what I am finding is that these institutions are simply naive and don’t know how to run a standardization process.

Microsoft could cast a YES vote in many countries simply because these NBs don’t know how to act. Sad but true.

]]> By: Andy http://avi.alkalay.net/2008/03/ooxml-global-no-so-far.html/comment-page-1#comment-120738 Andy Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:09:14 +0000 http://avi.alkalay.net/2008/03/ooxml-global-no-so-far.html#comment-120738 They will get it approved but it will be a real problem for both the ISO system and Microsoft. Yes, a bitter victory. I think all sides would be better off when Microsoft gets time to fix the specification, so it would be approved with real consensus and without dirty tricks and stuffing. I would forgive them everything they have done to international standardization. The standard project driven by p-members like Ivory Coast, Jamaica etc. - this is just insane. Don't they care about the damage they do to the international standard system? They will get it approved but it will be a real problem for both the ISO system and Microsoft. Yes, a bitter victory. I think all sides would be better off when Microsoft gets time to fix the specification, so it would be approved with real consensus and without dirty tricks and stuffing. I would forgive them everything they have done to international standardization. The standard project driven by p-members like Ivory Coast, Jamaica etc. – this is just insane. Don’t they care about the damage they do to the international standard system?

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