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Dennis Sosnoski said: > Thanks, Rick. > > Ok, so there are some idiots out there making up stuff. I hate to see > that sort of thing, because it makes anyone who's against the approval > of OOXML also look like an idiot. I think there are many good points coming out of this ISO process. People now better understand standards and their voluntary rather than legal basis. They understand more that the standards process is geared to reaching win/win rather than blocking technologies we don't like. They understand that there are commercial and idealogical parties involved who sometimes play hard, but that the process calmly continues on. They understand that it is not the loudest voice that carries the day. They understand that a standard is an agreement made by stakeholders because there is a market demand (from stakeholders who think that the standard would be useful), regardless of what their competitors and detractors say. They understand that a standard forms part of a library of possible solutions. They understand that a standard has IP implications. They understand that a standard is a document first and technology or brand second. They understand that not all standards are open standards. They understand that the ISO process allows (but does not guarantee) a kind of international review that is missing from any other standards process. They understand that it is really a major effort for commercial interests to get the kind of influence in decision making for ISO votes that they can take for granted on the boutique bodies like OASIS, Ecma, W3C. They understand that there are a variety of standards organizations each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Etc. etc. Or so I hope. Mr Glass Half-Full. On the idiots. A parrot cannot be blamed for being a parrot. But the people who remove their clothes and glues on green feathers and a beak are parrots by choice, not even by laziness. > I look forward to finding out the results of the ISO vote, and > (hopefully) also finding out the details of what did take place in Sweden. Yes. I would not be surprised if there were not more things. As I think I said, trying to co-ordinate a company party line between more than 50 countries with different languages and cultures is difficult, and creating a climate of suspicion is a great tactic for spin.
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