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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. Re:Great, but does it really matter? by hal9000(jr) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Take a gander at what IBM does, numb nuts. they make some stuff, but a large part of thier business is consulting which involves reselling. Geeze.

  2. Re:can you say eclipse? by ClosedSource · · Score: 0, Troll

    IBM is good at giving away things they wouldn't be able to sell. Even within the java community there are many who prefer netbeans to eclipse. Saying that eclipse is the "absolute defacto standard for java development".

    As far as using Eclipse for C++ development - it compares favorably with C++ IDEs of the late eighties.