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Six Nations "Just Say No" to ISO/IEC

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In the latest twist in the OOXML - ODF document format story, ISO and IEC, two of the most venerable standards organizations In the world, have been dealt a slap by government IT agencies in six countries.

In a public statement, the agencies deplore the refusal of ISO and IEC to give full attention to appeals against the OOXML process earlier lodged by Brazil, India, South Africa, and Venezuela, and suggest that if the two global standards organizations are not interested in listening to member concerns, then these members, at least, may no longer be interested in adopting ISO/IEC standards.

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Comments (2)

herzeleid ·
IMHO the corrupt ISO officials were long overdue for a wake up call. This joint statement was entirely appropriate. ISO can no longer assume that they are relevant, or even trusted at this point, and will have to work hard if they want to salvage their reputation.
Sander_Marechal ·
I do hope that aside from this declaration, they also appear to the Secretaries-General as outlined in this Groklaw article: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080818210448740

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