31 Mar
2008
31 Mar
'08
9:29 a.m.
[Top-posting because not replying to any specific point]
You have got to give it to these guys (MS). They know how to find their way out. If OOXML becomes a standard even after the surfacing of irregularities (http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/03/31/0039238.shtml), then it is the ISO which should be worried. A world-wide, well-respected standards organization has NO standard for participating members on how to conduct evaluations/voting? It will effectively be a big failure for ISO - failing to practice what they preach.
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jaju
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan venkyh@gmail.com wrote:
>
> The standard operating process of Microsoft has been:
>
> a) Stuff the committee with supporters (as happened in Pakistan and other
> countries)
> b) If that doesn't work and the committee says NO to OOXML then
> c) Complain to the ministries under which the committee works, threaten
> to withdraw investment, get proxies to file complaints etc.
>
> In India, I hear that they raised the issue with the Prime Minister's Office
> and the PM called for a meeting on this issue on Thursday. Apparently, the
> head of one of the software export houses (a VERY respected person) also
> sent a fax supporting OOXML *after* the committee had given its decision,
> trying to overturn India's NO vote. Someone should ask whether these
> companies represent India's interests on the BIS committee or are they
> protecting their dollar revenues?
>
> Venky
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