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Are these winning tactics?

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My colleague Stephen McGibbon over in Europe has blogged about an offensive comment somebody posted on Brian Jones's blog, likening Open XML (I think) to the Dresden firebombings. Or maybe it's Microsoft that is like the Germans, or something ... I really don't follow the point.

I also don't understand what teenage groupies or domestic violence have to do with file formats, to tell the truth. And I sure don't understand why a big company's senior management would repeatedly link to these types of sites in support of their arguments. Is this really necessary – maybe Stephen’s right and they’re losing the debate?

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  • Anonymous
    March 12, 2007
    Nice piece of research, Doug. I believe the point is that they <em>are</em> winning tactics. I'm certain any offense taken will be directly due to your and Stephen's insinuations and your not-so-clever misprisions of history. Even if you've gained the fast-track now, there's no putting the cat of contradictions back in the bag; and you'll be bringing down ISO along with you.

  • Anonymous
    March 12, 2007
    Sam, stick to your beer reviews - if you want to show your bias and incompetence, at least do it where it's fun :-P

  • Anonymous
    March 12, 2007
    Cheers, Doug.

  • Anonymous
    March 13, 2007
    :-)  Not my style.  And I can't seem to find where CS tracks IP addresses, so a mystery to me as well.

  • Anonymous
    March 15, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    August 30, 2007
    The ISO voting on Open XML is delivering even more drama this week than I expected. In addition to the

  • Anonymous
    August 30, 2007
    The ISO voting on Open XML is delivering even more drama this week than I expected. In addition to the