[FSUG-Bangalore] OOXML: updates & possibility of Appeals & antitrust

[Anivar Aravind]

Groklaw thinks about the posibility of appeals

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we find it cut and bleeding on the other side. What about appeals of the
travesty? There is an appeal process, although you may have noticed that
Standards Norge's decision was objected to elsewhere. Perhaps folks have
gotten the idea that ISO is a bit tilted at the moment. But here's what
ISO says about appeals:

     "Subject to there being no formal appeals from ISO/IEC national
bodies in the next two months," the text of the standard will be
published as ISO/IEC 29500, ISO said Wednesday.

Here's what it means if there are any such appeals:

     If any national standards organizations do make appeals to JTC1,
the Joint Technical Committee of ISO and the International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) that worked on the draft, then
Microsoft may have to wait several months longer while the appeal is
heard, according to Section 11 of the ISO/IEC JTC1 Directives.

That is if the appeals are unsuccessful. So Microsoft has to wait at
least two more months for appeals to be filed and heard. So, that means
to me that it will be more than two months, unless ISO just rubber
stamps rejections of appeals as fast as they are filed. Which seems
sadly possible.
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Can india play any role here?
Can we try it?



Some more news items
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FSFE concerned about quality of standardisation process
http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/press-release/2008q2/000206.html



EU investigating OOXML vote
http://government.zdnet.com/?p=3745



Microsoft's ISO win may worsen antitrust woes
Claims of foul play in the voting process may come back to haunt the
software giant
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http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/DFE3C11047741AFACC25741F003379BD