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."

Comments

Re:This molehill is gigantic!

[BadAnalogyGuy]

I said:

you shoot yourself in the foot by appearing to want to go technologically backwards and like whiny bitches at the same time.

To which you retorted:

Wow, nice spin-doctoring.

I went on to suggest:

Save the energy you want to spend on protests and lawsuits and direct it towards building a better product.

To which you responded:

See, the problem is, we tried that, and it didn't work.

So because you can't win, you will complain until your technically superior solution is accepted? That's called whining (or whinging in Britlish).