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BRM is done... time to sleep :-)

Posted by Sander_Marechal on · 9 comments
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Well, the BRM is over and I can only describe the week as a lot of technical work and a lot of great people I was lucky enough to meet and exchange ideas with. The objective of the BRM was to work with all of the National Body delegations in the room and improve the specification on a technical level -- and that we did. There were many technical changes the delegates made to really get consensus on some of the more challenging issues, but all of these passed overwhelmingly once they were updated. The process really worked (it was very cool).

[I wonder, is he really so delusion that he believes what he writes? Or has the man no moral bone left in his body? After reading all the other BRM reports here, make up your own mind. - Sander]

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Comments (9)

tuxchick ·
Mr. Jones' comments remind me of the Eckankar groups that wandered around Seattle back in the early 80s. They would walk around downtown in these tight little gaggles, chanting and totally oblivious to everything else- cars, other pedestrians, traffic signals. As far as I know they never got mashed by vehicles, which proves the existence of guardian angels.

This blog is just like that- he's walled himself off in some serene, delusional alternate reality that is unaffected by actual events. He has found his Happy Place and isn't coming out.
tracyanne ·
Lets just hope he stays there, and the world gets to not have OOXML as a standard, I don't see it as being cut and dried either way yet.
tuxchick ·
Heh, I'd like to hope that delusions of that depth and intensity are curable. But I'm not holding my breath.

It's amazing how much damage a single impossibly wealthy and ruthless entity can cause- leaving a wide swath of scorched earth on the ISO process, geez, what next? Eating kittens and babies raw? Oh wait, I guess it isn't amazing, given their complete and utter lack of morals, and the willingness of so many people to do anything for a paycheck.
ColonelPanik ·
Eckankar? That was a blast from the past.
tracyanne ·
Quoting:given their complete and utter lack of morals,


Don't you mean ethics.
tuxchick ·
Tracyanne, those too!
tuxchick ·
Colonel, those were interesting times. The streets were full of Jesus freaks, Moonies, Ecks, Hare Krishnas, traditional fire-n-brimstone shouters, and all kinds of others I forget. I rather miss those days, as it was a lot more interesting than the current climate of Vengeful $Deity.
ColonelPanik ·
Vengeful $Deity. That would be a good nick.

Bob_Robertson ·
But, when I type "echo Vengeful $Deity." in, all I get is "Vengeful ."

Do I need to be running Windows? Here, let me check.

Funny, the wife's DOS prompt returns "Vengeful Flying Chair."

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