[odf-discuss] Microsoft breaking its pledge to allow ISO oversight of OOXML

[Russell Ossendryver]

As Bob Sutor indicated about MS and thier promises:

 "*This is critical:* in no situation should it be an allowable resolution
for Microsoft or ECMA to say "we'll fix that in a future version of the
specification." Either it gets resolved at the BRM or it doesn't. Future
promises mean nothing and are no guarantee of change. If it is not resolved
and you care about it, it constitutes failure if only a promise of
correction is offered."   http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=1921




On Dec 7, 2007 12:59 AM, Christian Einfeldt <einfeldt at gmail.com> wrote:

> >From slashdot:
>
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/06/2129203
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> 640 Comments Are Enough for Anyone <http://www.dis29500.org/> writes *"Microsoft
> is going back on one of their promises concerning OOXML
> <http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071206131310362>. While they
> originally made assurances that the ISO would take control of the standard
> if it were approved, Microsoft is now reversing that position and keeping
> near-full control over OOXML with the EMCA. This is significant because the
> EMCA is the group that originally rubber-stamped OOXML. It seems unlikely
> that they will force changes to correct problems with the standard. In
> Microsoft's new plan, the ISO would only be allowed to publish lists of
> errata and would be unable to make OOXML compatible with existing ISO
> standards, while the EMCA would be the one to control any new versions of
> the standard."*
>
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