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Unix Group Takes UK Standards Body To Court Over OOXML
superglaze writes "Halfway through the two-month window of opportunity during which OOXML's ISO standardization can be derailed by a formal objection from a national standards body, the UK Unix Users Group is trying to force the British Standards Institution to do just that. According to the Unix Users Group, the BSI used a flawed decision-making process when they chose to approve OOXML in the ISO vote. 'The UKUUG is also folding in many other complaints about Office Open XML (OOXML), such as unresolved patent issues and a lack of completion in the specification's documentation, and is calling for the High Court of Justice to force a judicial review of the BSI's decision.' This is not the first time a country's ISO vote has been challenged."
No, you can't do both and expect to be successful.
Take a look at this year's Olympic torch run. It is quite reasonable that China's human rights record in Tibet be scrutinized and criticized and that pressure be brought to bear against them for their wrongdoing. However, the protests which have tried to derail the torch run have done little to legitimize the Tibetan cause. The legitimacy there comes from years of hard work on the ground fighting and publicizing the plight of the Tibetans. The legitimacy remains intact despite the antics of the protestors. The outcome of the protest is neither anti-China/pro-Tibet sentiment nor is it pro-China/anti-Tibet sentiment. It is merely anti-protestor sentiment, and that does no one any good.
So you are of course free to choose to protest OOXML all you like, but Microsoft isn't a big enough threat to anyone for anyone to care about such a pitiful protest.