ISO Miscounted Cuban OOXML Vote

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 25, 2008 @05:29AM 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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Re:Y'know... by Richard+Steiner · 2008-03-25 06:11 · 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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