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Rick Jelliffe wrote: > Dave Pawson said: >> ESR makes a good point. Basically that mud sticks and ISO will be the >> worse for this round of fun and games. >> I quite agree. >> >> >> http://opensource.org/node/192 > > Well, if his point is that ISO should treat Microsoft specially, then that > is exactly where I came at the Korean meeting last year when I said that I > didn't think they should be treated differently. A postman should deliver > mail even to people he doesn't like. Fair enough. > > To my mind it is massive sour grapes. I think I told you before that this > would happen: it is the latest phase of the campaign, even though I think > it is a long time since they knew what they were fighting for. > > They lost the battle to stop OOXML becoming a standard the moment that ODF > was accepted. Which 'they' Rick? > > ESR accepts the worst claims uncritically: I.e. He's as cynical as Bryan and I. > > I hope ISO and NB people don't let themselves get bullied over their > reputation. If the process is fair It isn't (IMHO) and people act in good faith They don't (IMHO) They act according to those who pay the piper/speaker. and do the > hard committee work, that is all that ISO can produce. > > My prediction is that we will see an inflation of the importance and need > for perfection of standards, to show how far ISO fails to meet the mark. +1 They are important (to me) They should show a good example... IMHO ISO comes near the top of the [expletive deleted] heap. It is important. > > If the ISO and NB people are smart, they will use this as an opportunity > to point out the positive things about international standards as well as > explaining the limitations: it is good if people are prudently aware of > the strengths and weaknesses of the processes. Stds meets reality? Now that's hard Rick. regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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