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Norwegian Standards Body Members Resign Over OOXML
tsa writes "Ars Technica reports that 13 of the 23 members from the technical committee of the Norwegian standards body, the organization that manages technical standards for the country, have resigned because of the way the OOXML standardization was handled. We've previously discussed Norway's protest and ISO's rejection of other appeals. From the article: 'The standardization process for Microsoft's office format has been plagued with controversy. Critics have challenged the validity of its ISO approval and allege that procedural irregularities and outright misconduct marred the voting process in national standards bodies around the world. Norway has faced particularly close scrutiny because the country reversed its vote against approval despite strong opposition to the format by a majority of the members who participated in the technical committee.'"
You know, if I had a million different Slashdot troll accounts, I'd make sure I had one account to point out to everyone else that they were trolls.
Not an attack. Haven't been following Slashdot long enough to be "in the loop." I'm just crazy like that.
I don't believe in time. It's a grand conspiracy designed to sell watches.
Looks like he took that idea to heart. willyhill, willeyhill... thank goodness members have numbers by their names.
Sam