[odf-discuss] EOOXML -- What is a 'contradiction' at ISO -- Revisited

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"This presentation is in no small part intended as an an apology for
not having previously performed more thorough legal research on the
meaning of the word contradiction in the context of the JTC-1
Directives, a personal failing I seek to remedy here. That is the
burning issue of the moment as Microsoft's proposal that a partial
specification of its new Office file formats be adopted as an
international standard by the International Organization for
Standardization ("ISO") wends its way through ISO processes.

"Since my first article, Rick Jelliffe has waded in, as has
Microsoft's Brian Jones. As will be apparent if their takes are
compared with the discussion below, both clearly have it wrong on the
meaning of contradiction in the context of JTC 1 Directives. Way, way
wrong. Also since my first article, Grokdoc, the companion of the
Groklaw legal news site, published a detailed and fully referenced
assembly of grounds for objecting to the fast track processing of Ecma
376."

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