By now you have all seen the news. Andy Updegrove appears to have have the most coverage and analysis of that story, so I'll try not to repeat stuff that you can easily read there.The short of it is that DIS 29500 has failed in its attempt to be … [Continue reading] about How to Hack ISO
Pseudorandom Thoughts
We've heard a lot of coverage of events in Sweden, Mexico, Australia, the US, etc. But we should remember that there are 150 or so countries eligible to vote. Here is a first-person account of the Microsoft medicine show in Ghana, from Kwasi at … [Continue reading] about Pseudorandom Thoughts
The OOXML BRM
Microsoft's Stephen McGibbon updates us on the OOXML Ballot Resolution Meeting (BRM), now scheduled for February 25-29 in Geneva. He ends his otherwise informative post with a little jab: I hear that IBM is still telling national bodies that a BRM … [Continue reading] about The OOXML BRM
Disenfranchisement
The word for today is "disenfranchisement" which according to Webster's means "to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity." You sometimes hear it used in connection with the policy in some U.S. states where … [Continue reading] about Disenfranchisement
Defective by Design
If you are a regular reader of this blog, or almost any other blog covering the file format battle, then you have certainly come across comments from Stephane Rodriguez. He brings a unique perspective, knowing more about the legacy binary Excel … [Continue reading] about Defective by Design