Comments on: Linus’s Law Applied to Standards Review http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/01/linuss-law-applied-to-standards-review.html Thinking the unthinkable, pondering the imponderable, effing the ineffable and scruting the inscrutable Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:51:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: GaryEdwards http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/01/linuss-law-applied-to-standards-review.html#comment-379 GaryEdwards Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:02:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/01/linuss-law-applied-to-standards-review.html#comment-379 You are so right Rob. This is an incredible achievement. Especially given the time constraints. <br /><br />Although ISO/IEC officially accepted the MS Ecma 376 submission on Friday, January 5th, the Grokdoc group wasn't fully aware of this until the following Monday. The information isn't publicized. I'm not even sure if it's public. <br /><br />Then the group had to figure out what ISO/IEC means by "contradictions and inconsistencies" with existing ISO/IEC products. More research.<br /><br />Ramping up and sprinting through the understanding of the practical, customary and legal aspects of these concepts, and having them fully referenced and evidenced through the long history of ISO/IEC documented decisions, is only one part of a most complex endeavor. There's also research, understanding, and referencing of Trade Agreements and International Law. <br /><br />These things had to be done, and put into the proper context before the real challenge of sifting through the MS Ecma 376 proposal could begin. Yeah, without a doubt, the GrokDoc group should be congratulated for this herculean effort. Well done!<br /><br />Particular thanks goes out to the legendary marbux and Daniel Carrera for their tireless and determined effort, toiling upwards through the night on into the day, without rest, and without any diminishing of their determination to be factually accurate with each and every contradiction and inconsistency pouring in from the rest of the group and related friends; who were themselves pawing through the Ecma 376 specification and researching the rich rain forest of blogosphere expertise to further document and verify finds. (wow, what a sentence :)<br /><br />Without this herculean effort, Ecma 376 might have slouched through the Contradiction Review Phase and onto the fast track with the world knowing next to nothing about how their digital future was being railroaded out of their hands and back into the iron grip of Redmond.<br /><br />Am i the only one to notice the strange and hard to explain quiet with Microsoft and big media? Very unusual, especially given what's at stake. <br /><br />For sure Microsoft bloggers know of the GrokDoc work, but strangely they've chosen silence as opposed to the rabid response such a work would otherwise be expected to elicit.<br /><br />We won't know the impact this work will have had until after February 5th. But thanks to the GrokDoc group, i'm going to sleep better tonight. <br /><br />And thanks to ISO/IEC for giving us a chance to have our say. Whatever decision they come to, one things for sure; the impact will be felt the world over.<br /><br />~ge~ You are so right Rob. This is an incredible achievement. Especially given the time constraints.

Although ISO/IEC officially accepted the MS Ecma 376 submission on Friday, January 5th, the Grokdoc group wasn’t fully aware of this until the following Monday. The information isn’t publicized. I’m not even sure if it’s public.

Then the group had to figure out what ISO/IEC means by “contradictions and inconsistencies” with existing ISO/IEC products. More research.

Ramping up and sprinting through the understanding of the practical, customary and legal aspects of these concepts, and having them fully referenced and evidenced through the long history of ISO/IEC documented decisions, is only one part of a most complex endeavor. There’s also research, understanding, and referencing of Trade Agreements and International Law.

These things had to be done, and put into the proper context before the real challenge of sifting through the MS Ecma 376 proposal could begin. Yeah, without a doubt, the GrokDoc group should be congratulated for this herculean effort. Well done!

Particular thanks goes out to the legendary marbux and Daniel Carrera for their tireless and determined effort, toiling upwards through the night on into the day, without rest, and without any diminishing of their determination to be factually accurate with each and every contradiction and inconsistency pouring in from the rest of the group and related friends; who were themselves pawing through the Ecma 376 specification and researching the rich rain forest of blogosphere expertise to further document and verify finds. (wow, what a sentence :)

Without this herculean effort, Ecma 376 might have slouched through the Contradiction Review Phase and onto the fast track with the world knowing next to nothing about how their digital future was being railroaded out of their hands and back into the iron grip of Redmond.

Am i the only one to notice the strange and hard to explain quiet with Microsoft and big media? Very unusual, especially given what’s at stake.

For sure Microsoft bloggers know of the GrokDoc work, but strangely they’ve chosen silence as opposed to the rabid response such a work would otherwise be expected to elicit.

We won’t know the impact this work will have had until after February 5th. But thanks to the GrokDoc group, i’m going to sleep better tonight.

And thanks to ISO/IEC for giving us a chance to have our say. Whatever decision they come to, one things for sure; the impact will be felt the world over.

~ge~

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