[odf-discuss] Here is Microsoft's spin on the JTC-1 contradictions

[Chris Puttick]

On 08/02/07, Daniel Carrera <daniel.carrera at zmsl.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 05:00 -0500, Lars D. Noodén wrote:
> > Also, I have one very big question about abstentions: from what I gather,
> > they count as a yes vote.  So any country that abstains, regardless of the
> > sounds their representatives make, is in effect voting in favor and has to
> > answer for that, not for the noises made by their representatives.  Deeds
> > not words.
>
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> Back to ISO, getting 19 responses at the contradictions stage is, as far
> as I understand it, highly unusual. This spec received a lot more
> attention than is normal at this stage.
>

Getting 19 countries interested in any given standard proposal is
highly unusual.

Getting 19 votes more or less unheard of.

Having *any* objections at all raised during a fast-track, is a first
(although the fast-track is relatively young).

All in all, I think that from their point of view this particular
stage of the MS/ECMA campaign went spectacularly badly...

Chris

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