Apptech wrote:
> The in, out and in between fighting re adoption of Open XML
> as an ISO standard continues.
> The 600 pound gorilla creeps ever closer.
>
>         http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/2FF1BD88A36DF3EECC257407003EE99F?opendocument&utm_source=topnews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=topnews
>
>         R
>   
Yup,
 quite a fiasco.

What concerns me more is now much the article above did *not* mention. 
Not a criticism of the article itself, but of the vgeneral media 
tendency to focus on on recent events. The fact is that this particular 
ISO process has been heavily manipulated from the beginning.... May I 
suggest a few hours wasted at:

http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=20071217022527429

This gives a relatively complete timeline on the fiasco. The page:

http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=20051216153153504

gives an overview.

Groklaw has tracked the situation relatively closely, and has pooled a 
lot of resources together.

The main issue that I have with it is that Microsoft has "gamed" the 
process so much it has reduced the relevance of all ISO standards 
significantly. Any more bending of the rules and the entire ISO process 
will break because people will lose confidence in the objectiveness of it.

Finally, real important ISO standards have become stagnat because of 
Mirosoft's gaming, and introducing so much cruft in the system that the 
real work can't get done efficiently.

Rolf
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