...predicting that the OOXML vote has failed to pass
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| Author | Content |
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| Aladdin_Sane Sep 03, 2007 9:03 PM EDT |
This starts to remind me of a presidential election. |
| tuxchick Sep 03, 2007 9:39 PM EDT |
But we want to know NOW!!! ;) |
| jacog Sep 04, 2007 1:17 AM EDT |
Still waiting for the official word. Argh, the suspenders are killing me. This delay in announcing it makes me think there are some last minute bribes going on. Unless I misunderstand the process. Are the "no with comments" votes going to come bite the process in the butt? |
| Sander_Marechal Sep 04, 2007 1:33 AM EDT |
Yes, unless there's some backroom deals going on that we don't know about: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/92010/index.html There are sufficient "no" votes to stop OOXML for now, which means that all comments submitted with those "no" votes need to be resolved by ECMA instead of simply glanced over and pushed aside. If there is even only one issue that's unresolvable then OOXML will have failed ISO alltogether. From the many issues I remember being posted to Grokdoc I'd say that there is plenty of things that could end up being unresolvable. |
| jacog Sep 04, 2007 1:54 AM EDT |
Well good. Regardless, I am not sure I really trust this process anymore. It seems too easy to monkey with it. |
| dinotrac Sep 04, 2007 3:39 AM EDT |
>Well good. Regardless, I am not sure I really trust this process anymore. It seems too easy to monkey with it. The time not to trust the process is at the end. Just because there is room for abuse, doesn't mean it turns out badly. Wait and see. Lots of processes in human activity have checks and balances built in to correct problems inherent in the fact that human beings are ones to carry them out. In the US, the President can veto any law passed by Congress, thus preventing it from taking effect. Congress, if enough members get together, can override the veto. Somebody improperly convicted of a crime has the right to appeal. None of these safety valves is perfect, but they can't be. The only way to eliminate bad outcomes is to eliminate the ability to reliably create good ones. |
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