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ISO Miscounted Cuban OOXML Vote

Posted by kdawson on from the no-means-no dept.

An anonymous reader notes Groklaw's coverage of the apparent mix-up ISO made with Cuba's vote in the matter of recommending OOXML as a standard. Cuba apparently voted against OOXML in September, but ISO recorded their vote as a "yes" — which is odd on its face, as Microsoft is forbidden to sell any products in Cuba. The Cuban NB head has apparently now officially responded to the BRM, but Groklaw's PJ notes that verification remains problematical, and "...the bottom line to me is that a process that worked perfectly well when folks all trusted each other falls into chaos when there are allegations of dirty tricks or undue pressure."

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  1. Orly? by DaveV1.0 · · Score: 2, Informative

    which is odd on its face, as Microsoft is forbidden to sell any products in Cuba.

    It is only odd if MS had a hand in it. However, if it was just a dumbass doing the counting, then it is not odd at all.
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  2. Re:Y'know... by Richard+Steiner · · Score: 3, Informative
    While it's true that controversy is not unknown at ISO, there are things happening during this particular process which seem to have surprised and/or alarmed a fair number of those who regularly follow ISO and its processes.

    See this web site for one example.

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  3. Re:What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Come on. You don't live in Florida, don't you? Have you ever in your life let a Cuban friend borrow money from you? There is no such thing as "pay back a loan" in Cuban vocabulary... If you lend them money is basically charity, you will be giving that away...
    And they have plenty of computers in the island, Chaves and the Spanish flooded them with computers. The main thing over there is Internet access. They don't have enough backbone access to outside, as they rely on the old Wiltel cable that goes out from Corpus Christi, TX, AFAIK.

  4. Works fine here in Italy by TeXMaster · · Score: 1, Informative

    Really, since when you need a proxy to reach Groklaw?

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