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Standards Blog: BRM Blowback (and ISO Press Release)
Yesterday, I sent out the latest issue of my eJournal, Standards Today. Not surprisingly, it focused on the OOXML process, and what can be learned from it. Below is the Editorial, and you can find the complete issue here. You can sign up for a free subscription here.
Updated: ISO has now issued its confirmatory press release. The full text (less biolerplate) is appended at the end of this entry. I note with some interest that the press release includes the following language:
Subject to there being no formal … Continue reading
OOXML Ratified by ISO
Well, it appears to be final. As the results are verified and commentators weigh in, I’ll post a roundup later, as well as my own commentary on what this means for BytesFree.org’s objectives. In the meantime, see the posts below … Continue reading
Lost in the OOXML Fog
There’s been a lot of reporting about the ISO fiasco with OOXML. You can read writeups from people much more tuned in to the process than me. You can start here, here and here (the last is a highly recommended … Continue reading
Groklaw: OOXML Fails to Get Majority Approval at BRM – Updated 3Xs
Andy Updegrove has the results in detail here, including a breakdown of the votes. Basically, there were too many proposed changes to be able to cover them in the BRM, so they tried a workaround, but the upshot is … it’s a mess. Oddly, despite the rules, Alex Brown, Updegrove reports, allowed non P countries to vote, but OOXML still couldn’t get a majority of the delegations to back it at the BRM. Nor is it clear that allowing non P countries to vote is even legitimate. Now it’s the 30-day voting period, but Updegrove asks, if they never could discuss all the issues, which is the purpose of a BRM, what’s the basis for a vote? And with the vast majority either voting to abstain or even refusing to vote as a protest, I think one may conclude this proposal didn’t belong on the fast track, and it isn’t getting the kind of support you would have thought it might, given all the muscle that has gone into the push to get OOXML approved. Continue reading
ConsortiumInfo.org: Courts Looking into Standards Body Shenanigans
In light of the recent tampering with ISO voting that we’ve seen reported in Sweden, Andy Updegrove has scooped this nice news nugget from Broadcom vs. Qualcomm litigation: The underlying facts at issue involved Qualcomm’s participation in the creation of … Continue reading