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related news: USA will not object to fast-track ballot

related news: USA will not object to fast-track ballot

Posted Jan 29, 2007 20:49 UTC (Mon) by bronson (subscriber, #4806)
In reply to: related news: USA will not object to fast-track ballot by jhardin@impsec.org
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Not likely. When it comes to political tasks like ratifying standards, MS is very, very good at greasing the wheels. I'm afraid that now nobody will have the time and ability to construct a convincing objection and OOXML will most likely be passed.

Oh well. Supposedly only 3 of us were opposed to the fast track anyway! Personally, I think that's really a raw deal that they didn't accept objections filed during business hours on the 24th. At least they still recorded them.


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related news: USA will not object to fast-track ballot

Posted Jan 30, 2007 1:03 UTC (Tue) by jhardin@impsec.org (guest, #15045) [Link]

> Personally, I think that's really a raw deal that they didn't accept
> objections filed during business hours on the 24th.

Yeah. I got mine in by the 22nd - the day before the meeting *started* - and they *still* ignored it.

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