ISO Recommends Denying OOXML Appeals

An anonymous reader passes along word that ISO has responded to the four appeals filed against the approval of OOXML as a standard. To no one's surprise, ISO says that there was nothing wrong with the process. Groklaw's coverage is (as usual) the most comprehensive. Andy Updegrove summarizes ISO's position this way: "1. All judgments made during the course of the process were appropriately made under the applicable Directives. 2. The fact that the BRM voted on all proposed resolutions in some fashion satisfies the requirements of the Directives. 3. The fact that a sufficient percentage of National Bodies (NBs) ultimately voted to approve DIS 29500 ratifies the process and any flaws in that process. 4. Many objections, regardless of their merits, are irrelevant to the appeals process."

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Re:Damage done to ISO and Commercial Standards.

[DaveV1.0]

Yeah, because "GNU, Debian and other community efforts" are so well known for well defined standards.

Re:Does it matter

[TheRealMindChild]

The only "proof" I need is right in front of your face. How many "No" votes became a "Yes"? What are the chances that ALL of these entities just got a clue all of a sudden, in Microsoft's favor? The evidence may be circumstantial, but this isn't a court of law, buddy. I can and will connect the dots. If I see a thugish looking black man sticks a TV in his car, peels out, when moments later the store owner comes out yelling "THIEF!", guess who I am going to peg for being a thief...

Don't be an idiot and turn your head just because they covered their tracks. You still know they ran over us all.