[governance] ISO Relevance Questioned After OOXML Appeals Fail

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

  In relevance to International standards.

See:
An Australian PCWorld piece that begins "Countries whose
 http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/15/1749252&tid=109 appeals
were dismissed regarding the ISO/IEC's approval of Microsoft's OOXML
as an international standard are
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1115688493;fp;;fpid;;pf;1
questioning the judgment and relevance of the ISO/IEC and the standards
they approve. In a statement made at the Congresso Internacional
Sociedade e Governo Electronico (CONSEGI) 2008 conference,
representatives from three of the four countries that appealed against
an April 1 vote to approve OOXML as a standard said they are'no longer
confident' in the ability of both the International Organization
forStandardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission to
be
vendor-neutral and open when it comes to setting technology standards."
Here is the  http://www.raffee.co.za/post/47974926/consegi-declaration
statement signed by South Africa, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Paraguay,
and Cuba. The countries won't pursue further opposition to OOXML.

  What more interesting is the the US is curiously not amongst those
that
find ISO less than vendor-neutral.  I guess MS lobbying $$ are
responsible
for that.  Seems maybe ISO officials also wern't amune to accepting
gratuities for their vote either...  Well as we all know or should know,

$$ is the mothers milk of decision making, eh?  Principals be damed...

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