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It doesn't have to be ISO, but some organization which follows some official rules and not some entity dependent on industry donations.
by uecker 5mo ago
It doesn't have to be ISO, but some organization which follows some official rules and not some entity dependent on industry donations.
- tialaramex 5mo agoLOL. You do know ISO/IEC 29500 exists right? ISO agreed that despite there being an existing, popular, broadly supported and open XML document standard they should define Microsoft's proprietary alternative OOXML as an international "standard". They even held votes repeatedly until the voters gave the "correct" answer... no worry about "industry donations" there.
- uecker 5mo agoI remember the story, but it was considered outrageous for a reason.
- tialaramex 5mo agoI'm sure it would be considered "outrageous" when the same happens outside an SDO too.
- uecker 5mo agoWell, one could consider Mozilla's management of firefox to be outrageous, but then, Google pays, so what to expect?