Estimates of the results of the ISO fast track process for OOXML standard?
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| vainrveenr Mar 28, 2008 6:52 PM EDT |
The drumrolls are getting louder.... One of Varghese's concluding paragraphs asks one of the key questions concerning Microsoft's questionable tactics throughout the fast-track approval process: Quoting:At times one does wonder - is it desperation or arrogance? Why does a company which commands over 90 percent of the world's desktop computer market have such a degree of paranoia?Indeed. And what is Varghese's own estimate of whether or not OOXML will indeed be an ISO standard? Quoting:The acceptance or otherwise of OOXML as an ISO standard will have little to do with technical merit. It is all about lock-in, all about being bound to a standard to which even Microsoft's own Office 2007 does not adhere. By the end of March, we will know more about Microsoft's ability to influence such votes through crude methods than anything else.All true, but one outcome of this paragraph is that Varghese HAS no clear estimate of the final results.. He does, though, try to leave readers of the piece with his upbeat remark Quoting:One glimmer of hope comes from the European Commission - which is reported to be finding out whether Microsoft's efforts to rally support for OOXML among its members were done by the book.Yes, and this may come about AFTER the final OOXML standard approval, should this de jure standard happen to end up being the "done deal" Microsoft's supporters already claim for it. Also telling is this morning's Groklaw piece 'What Really Happened at the BRM for OOXML & Who Attended - Updates on Results', http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080328090328998 Sure seems from Brazilian delegate Jomar Silva's accounts here that Microsoft's very questionable tactics have yielded enough 'Yes' votes for OOXML approval under this flawed process. At the same time, PJ, in a vaguely similar vein as Varghese above, writes here in Update after Update that the ISO OOXML-standard approval may NOT be the inevitable result of the BRM as MS supporters claim. As PJ writes here Quoting: I see an anonymous comment suggest that ISO now stands for: So what are others' leading estimates here? (Hopefully leading, as opposed to conceptually misleading ones!) |
| tracyanne Mar 28, 2008 7:26 PM EDT |
I still live in hope, but fear the worst. |
| Sander_Marechal Mar 29, 2008 1:12 AM EDT |
Me too. It's just too close to call. Working from the tally here: http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/ MS needs to more P members voting yes. UK is likely one. There are quite a few countries shown in black that could become number two. I won't be surprised if itgets the 2/3 Yes votes it needs. I have my hopes set on enough O members voting No to reach 25%. |
| dinotrac Mar 29, 2008 6:50 AM EDT |
I vote for desperate arrogance. Microsoft must realize that getting through the whole process without bending and/or breaking the rules will require a good and proper standard. I believe that enough people are willing to approve a standard that is, essentially, a Microsoft standard because Microsoft software is ubiquitous. It makes too much sense for business, government, and not-for-profit organizations to do otherwise. I also believe that those people are not willing to rubber-stamp a steaming pile of crap that serves as little more than window-dressing for proprietary formats. |
| tracyanne Mar 29, 2008 2:55 PM EDT |
Quoting:I also believe that those people are not willing to rubber-stamp a steaming pile of crap that serves as little more than window-dressing for proprietary formats. I hope you are right. |
| TxtEdMacs Mar 29, 2008 3:06 PM EDT |
dinotrac == "Optimist" // who would have known? Not I. |
| dinotrac Mar 29, 2008 8:13 PM EDT |
>Not I. You must not pay attention. |
| hkwint Mar 30, 2008 3:52 AM EDT |
Our friend Andy Updegrove also estimates OOXML will make it; see consortiuminfo.org frontpage. |
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