South Africa, Brazil, India, Venezuela challenge ISO on OOXML
by T. Colin Dodd
Groklaw - A Reminder: ISO’s Code of Ethics & What Happens Next - Update: Venezuela Appeals Also
Now that there have been at least three official appeals filed against OOXML, by South Africa, Brazil and India, as well as a letter of protest from a participant entity at the BRM over the way matters were handled in Denmark, I thought this might be an excellent time to take a moment and remind ISO of its published Code of Ethics [PDF]. Here’s just a bit of it, some words to live by, or at least words I hope they will live by, as they decide what to do with the appeals. And then some information on what happens next.
June 19th, 2008 at 6:08 am
[…] La novità di questi giorni, riportata da The Inquirer, è che, dopo la dismissione della richiesta da parte della Corte, l’UKUUG ha trovato, tramite una corposa e anonima iniezione di fondi, le risorse per portare la propria istanza in appello. Dopo che proteste formali da parte di alcuni stati hanno sospeso il processo di approvazione di OOXML, la causa intentata nel Regno Unito getta altra benzina sul fuoco dell’annosa questione OOXML. […]
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:23 am
There are already ISO standards that everybody ignores and nobody uses because they are incompatible with reality. This would be just one more …
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:38 am
“# David Legg says:
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:23 am
There are already ISO standards that everybody ignores and nobody uses because they are incompatible with reality. This would be just one more …”
OOXML is different, because Microsoft (M$) is behind it. in an effort to keep the ‘office’-market for documents etc. for governements and businesses they strongarmed and $ their way into the national standardsorganisations for the fasttrack and final vote. they don’t care about the customer (what else could their halfbaked products be significant of), just their bottomline.