Jason Matusow talks about the US vote
Jason is on the standards team in Microsoft, and he has a blog post discussing some of the moves to block Open XML at ISO coming from the anti-OpenXML movement (they even set up a 2,500 euro bounty on it):
I wasn't involved in any of the discussions, but to me it's not surprising that you're seeing more people take an interest in Open XML going through ISO. There are already over 1,700 companies who've shown their support for Open XML at the https://www.openxmlcommunity.org site. It's clear there are some people opposed to Open XML, but that shouldn't be surprising, as you can never please everyone (it's like the analogy I used earlier this week about trying to order pizza for a million people). Something you can't argue with though is that Open XML documents are going to exist, most likely in large numbers as we move forward. Because of this, you see that there are a large number of businesses and individuals out there who have an interest in seeing the ISO take over the stewardship of Open XML.
-Brian
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July 19, 2007
Bullocks, Brian!Anonymous
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Hey guys, Jason's blog is definitely a great place for this discussion. I obviously have opinions which I share from time to time :-) I'm rather new to the ISO processes though and Jason would be much better for answering questions around it. -BrianAnonymous
July 19, 2007
Wu, (or is it MingShi? I'm not proficient in non-European naming conventions I'm afriad) I've now posted on Jason's blog, so I won't comment further on my previous post here, other than to say that my point isn't that one side or other did a bad thing, but that there's an honourable way to behave in these situations, and that we should talk about how things ought to be in principle independently of justifying how your friends behave in practice. Brian, I hadn't seen Jason's blog before, so I found it useful for you to provide the link. Earlier discussions here this week have shown me that your blog is the only place that some people trust to post their views (because they know that you don't moderate comments), so I recognise you have to keep a delicate balance between passing on useful OOXML-related information and making this blog an unwelcome place for people that want to learn about technicalities.- Andrew
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July 19, 2007
Hi Brian - Jason here. Just reading through this, and I am commenting on it over at my blog. Andrew - thanks for bringing the conversation over there. JasonAnonymous
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