OOXML (DIS29500) Result: Approved
It’s been leaked…
ISO is furthermore an irrelevance in technology standardisation.
Here’s the full file with the votes for DIS29500
Update: Hello Slashdot, and thanks Bytemark for helping us cope with the traffic!
This isn’t an April fools, there is a PGP signed confirmation here. If you are desperate to see an April Fools article we did one of them too.We just didn’t expect to follow it so quickly with the real thing.
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[...] announcement has been leaked prematurely (well, obviously) and unsurprisingly it revealed that ISO had become a lot less relevant, whereas Microsoft can give the illusion that technical qualities — not crime — granted [...]
So just to cheer you guys up : http://polishlinux.org/gnu/microsoft-admits-manipulation-abandons-ooxml/
You can also digg it:
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Microsoft_admits_manipulation_abandons_OOXML
[...] esfuerzo de la comunidad Open Source, Microsoft logró que OOXML sea estándar ISO 29500. The Open Sourcerer tiene el documento que ví el blog de Carlos [...]
A good day at the office then!
Where do I find “How to install Linux in 3 easy steps”?
@KyttKat
Where do I find “How to install Linux in 3 easy steps”?
Step 1: You have already taken by asking me
Step 2: Ask me again and I will show you or help you.
Step 3: Send a cheque to The Open Learning Centre
Al
If you fancy doing a site install on 2 laptops and a desktop I’ll ply you with beer and references
Blimey - travelling expenses alone would limit the effect of the beer.
And. I was looking forward to 2 days without the wife and kids: Oh joy, piece and quiet at last, the freedom to go to the pub for an early doors beer or two, watching what I want on telly, eating what I want, going to bed early or late as I please…
Let me think about it.
[...] danych, które można zobaczyć na stronie theopensourcerer.com oraz pliku z pełnymi danymi o państwach głosujących, za opowiedziało się, aż 24 z 32 [...]
[...] really important development in the OOXML (DIS29500) fiasco and one that confirms what I have been saying for some time now; that ISO/IEC, in respect to ICT standards at least, are finished. They have no [...]