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ISO Rejects OOXML Protest Appeals

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the money-can't-buy-happiness-but-it-can-rent-it dept.

snydeq writes "ISO and IEC gave OOXML the greenlight after organization leaders rejected appeals from four countries to protest the vote that approved OOXML as a standard. According to an ISO press statement, appeals by the national bodies of Brazil, India, South Africa and Venezuela did not garner support from two-thirds of the members of the ISO Technical Management Board and IEC Standardization Management Board, which is required by ISO/IEC rules to keep the appeals process alive."

5 of 258 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What you can do? by Culture20 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, the ISO needs to allocate a defense budget now. Excellent; let's hope they use Excel to crunch the numbers.

  2. I'm convinced. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    AC, your detailed technical analysis has convinced me to never trust Groklaws again. Thank you for such an insightful and objective assertion of opinion as, "unlike most readers, whenever the criticism was of a technical nature, I went to the spec itself and checked. ... those sites often lied about objective matters of fact." Such excellence is par for the course with AC comments. How can I ever thank you for saving me from "ignorance"?

  3. Re:ISO=I Sold Out (so F***en shut up) by Verdatum · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, good idea! I'm going to start my OWN standards organization. With hookers!...And blackjack!...In fact, forget the standards!

  4. Re:What you can do? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Breed like rabbits

    I know which of those sounds more fun....

  5. Re:ISO is dead by g2devi · · Score: 4, Funny

    > RIP ISO 2008

    Invalid disk: Corruption found