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IBM Threatens To Leave ISO Over OOXML Brouhaha
barnackle writes "In addition to threatening to leave certain standards organizations over the OOXML shenanigans, IBM created new guidelines for its own participation in those organizations in an attempt to pressure the ISO and ECMA to be more fair in their approval procedures."
First place: I got sucked off in the bathroom this morning :)
Boy's Jr. High B-ball coach, I take it?
Senator? Is that you?
"..OOXML...IBM...ISO....ECMA"
Danger! Acronym overload!!!
Must....keep.....head.....from......exploding. (MKHFE).
maybe Microsoft will threaten to leave. Now that would be entertaining.
Ballmer's intern, is that you?
Forget to take your meds again, Darl?
Er, you do know what IBM stands for, don't you? The "M" stands for "machines" and the "IB" doesn't stand for "Itty Bitty". IBM is primarily a hardware company.
Let's go to the discoteque, they have this hot "DJ" playing Afrika Bambaata hiphop music. Afterwards I'll show you my Modula II books and we can listen to Abba's latest album.
ISO has been rendered usless as several countries have stated that are withdrawing from ISO and setting up their own standards body.
Will it have hookers and blackjack ?
i'd like to buy my own personal mainframe, you insensitive clod...
What ? Me, worry ?
The more you know