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The Inside Story on Norway's Yes to OOXML

Posted by timothy on from the distracted-by-short-skirt-during-brief-summer dept.

Steve Pepper writes "The former Chairman of the Norwegian ISO committee, who resigned two weeks ago in protest against his country's vote of Yes to OOXML, tells the inside story of how the decision was reached: how a single bureaucrat from Standards Norway sidelined the overwhelming majority of Norwegian technical experts and changed Norway's vote from No to Yes. The story is so surreal it's hard to believe." It's as depressing as it is brief.

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  1. Re:Odd... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Hahaha! God, you are SO funny! LOLOLOL!!!!

    Seriously, how do you come up with this stuff? I mean, omg, slightly chubby and a WHOLE LOT balding! Hilarious!! Oh man, Ballmer would freak if he saw that!!

    Gratz again, you are just SO funny. Hahaha, man, I was literally rolling on the floor laughing! Seriously, can you explain the thought process that went to creating this masterpiece? I mean wow, you are just BRILLIANT!!

  2. Re:Norway had very low perceived corruption by timmarhy · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    what a load of crap that index is. are you trying to tell me australia is more corrupt than zimbabwe?

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