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ISO Relevance Questioned After OOXML Appeals Fail

Posted by kdawson on from the burning-down-the-house dept.

Cowards Anonymous passes along an Australian PCWorld piece that begins "Countries whose appeals were dismissed regarding the ISO/IEC's approval of Microsoft's OOXML as an international standard are questioning the judgment and relevance of the ISO/IEC and the standards they approve. In a statement made at the Congresso Internacional Sociedade e Governo Electronico (CONSEGI) 2008 conference, representatives from three of the four countries that appealed against an April 1 vote to approve OOXML as a standard said they are 'no longer confident' in the ability of both the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission to be vendor-neutral and open when it comes to setting technology standards." Here is the statement signed by South Africa, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Cuba. The countries won't pursue further opposition to OOXML.

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  1. What *governments* think is what matters here by walterbyrd · · Score: 0, Troll

    Governments will want msft anyway, because msft will bribe them. So the ISO approval of OOXML gives the governments a good excuse. If goverments want msft "standards" then msft wins. What we think about ISO does not mean a damn thing.

  2. Re:This is a bigger issue than Microsoft. by CrkHead · · Score: 0, Troll

    It is unacceptable for any organisation to buy a standard...

    If the opening statement in a post is insightful enough to cause the supporting arguments to be redundant, will moderators get stuck in an infinate loop?

  3. Cry me a river. by Mizchief · · Score: 0, Troll

    Boo Hoo a major US company got a standard approved. Get over it.