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Is this a joke?Is this a joke?Posted Apr 2, 2008 16:19 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252)In reply to: OOXML approved as an ISO standard by purslow Parent article: OOXML approved as an ISO standard
Microsoft -- out of desperation -- jumped into the unknown world of international standards, tried to manipulate it with some success & finally ended up entangled forever in the big global community where friendly US courts & legislators have no power & the USA itself has less & less influence. Microsoft knows exactly what it does. And it's not new to "the unknown world of international standards". Take a look on this international standard. Note date. Rivals had proprietary API, Microsoft had an "open" API. Then later when the treat passed Microsoft happily abandoned all pretence. This time stakes were higher since ODF got ISO approval but the idea is the same: make your offer "standard" then quickly make it irrelevant (beta of MS Office 14 is almost ready). Sorry, but this is not the first time Microsoft perverted and abused standards process. Not even close. That's just first time Microsoft perverted and abused ISO.
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