I think that the main thing to really say to these bodies is that a 2000 page response is just too damned big to seriously dissect on this timeline.
Voting 'no' at this point is *not *a rejection of OOXML, -- It's simply a vote to move it to the *normal* standards creation track where there would be the time to take it apart and properly address the thousands of issues with OOXML that really need to be seriously looked at. Once they get *that* statement through their head and let it sink in, you can then start to go through issues one by one until they start to see that the above original statement had some real merit. On Feb 6, 2008 12:43 AM, Alan Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > as most of you will probably be aware by now, the ISO Ballot Resolution > Meeting for Microsoft's appalling document specification (OOXML, > ECMA-376 or DIS29500) is happening at the end of this month. > > We are actively involved in helping the National Bodies (NBs), that will > decide if it should become an ISO standard or not, to dissect and > analyse the thousands of comments (3522) and the 2000+ pages > of Dispositions which ECMA have produced in response. > > The site for this work is http://www.dis29500.org > > I would appreciate it if you could forward this to all interested > parties. Especially those of a technical nature who would be able to > comprehend and make sense of the dispositions which ECMA have produced. > > There are 3522 comments (many of which are duplicates). The responses > from ECMA (dispositions) are now also present on this site and can be > examined and commented on. The objective is to "tag" the dispositions so > that the NBs can focus on those areas of the proposed specification that > are real problems or are simply unworkable as part of an International > Standard. > > We already have ODF and do not really need another one. It is in > everyone's interest to help the NBs to come to the right conclusion at > the forthcoming BRM... > > Thanks > > Alan > > -- > The way out is open! > http://www.theopensourcerer.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Stephen Samuel http://www.bcgreen.com 778-861-7641
