Sorry Miguel,
I don't know much about OOXML, but I do know this: A standard should stand on its own based on its merits. It should not require bribing some officials/companies to get it passed through a process that countless other standards have breezed through without a hitch.
It is rather interesting that those politicos have not learned the lesson yet. There are and will always be several ways to bypass any type internet filtering. Kids are curious little things, and it only takes one or two of them to find a bypass method before the news spreads around school yards and chat rooms like a virus.
My two cents is that those politicians are too old and don't have much else to prove, so they keep coming back with old ideas. How boring !!! How about letting parents do their job, huh ?!!!
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Sorry Miguel, I don't know much about OOXML, but I do know this: A standard should stand on its own based on its merits. It should not require bribing some officials/companies to get it passed through a process that countless other standards have breezed through without a hitch.
Good one. Mod this up, plz :-)
It is rather interesting that those politicos have not learned the lesson yet. There are and will always be several ways to bypass any type internet filtering. Kids are curious little things, and it only takes one or two of them to find a bypass method before the news spreads around school yards and chat rooms like a virus. My two cents is that those politicians are too old and don't have much else to prove, so they keep coming back with old ideas. How boring !!! How about letting parents do their job, huh ?!!!