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IBM Threatens To Leave ISO Over OOXML Brouhaha

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the brouhaha-is-a-funny-word dept.

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."

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  1. ISO? by ShieldW0lf · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Hmm... didn't they used to be some important international standards body at one point, before they got into the marketing business and went under?

    I thought they were already gone...

    Why is this news?

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  2. Settle down now.... by mlwmohawk · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I have some friends and an ex-wife that work for IBM. While I would go as far to say that, by and large, my dealings with them have been fair an ethical, I would resist any sort of "white knight" metaphors, it is still a publicly traded company and stock holders mean more than standards.

    It is only that IBM is a technically competent competitor that it *can* compete and win on a level playing field that they promote good standards.

    That being said, having dealt with double dealing scum of Microsoft many times in the past, I'll take IBM any day.