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Promise of OOXML Oversight By ISO Falls Through
640 Comments Are Enough for Anyone writes "Microsoft is going back on one of their promises concerning OOXML. While they originally made assurances that the ISO would take control of the standard if it were approved, Microsoft is now reversing that position and keeping near-full control over OOXML with the ECMA. This is significant because the ECMA is the group that originally rubber-stamped OOXML. It seems unlikely that they will force changes to correct problems with the standard. In Microsoft's new plan, the ISO would only be allowed to publish lists of errata and would be unable to make OOXML compatible with existing ISO standards, while the ECMA would be the one to control any new versions of the standard."
Listen Buddy! Microsoft ran out of feet to shoot around the time the first of the browsers were over, ok! Since then they learned the power of perpetual levitation from the emperor (aka Sidious)! So please the next time you want to rant about MS shooting their own foot , please check the facts!
P.S. Just to pre-empt any smart remarks about shooting themselves in the head, they are impervious to it since just before the start of programming win2000 their brains were replaced with a singularity that destroys everything in its path!
I got a catholic block.
lol wut - welcome to the internets. Now someone show him tubgirl...
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