On Friday 21 March 2008 11:39:57 John Thng wrote:
> Rather than making the bad decision in the first place, we should try to
> stop it from happening, since bad decision is important to the voting
> process since Singapore is a "P" member. No point to turn back and
> change vote, even if we don't let the person can get away so easily.
I don't see that kind of activism here. How many residents here have written
to ST? MPs? How many have brought up the issue atleast within *your*
companies, circle-of-influence?
I tried discussing about OOXML with some people, outside the Linux crowd, no
one seems to think it is a big problem ("Anyway, I use MS office, so what is
the big deal? We have a SA to cover us" or "why not have ODF and OOXML as ISO
std" is the other answer I get! Even from those we expect to be enlightened
in these matters)
I am not trying to blame you, I hope you don't feel slighted, so here is my
advance apology (if you do)
>
> We should set an example here, to uphold the ISO process, where it
> affects countries internationally. No is a no, and committee members
> should not vote according to commercial benefits, but rather uphold the
> ISO standards, which is based mainly on quality, rather than quantity.
> Letting a poor quality standards to become ISO standards, will be a
> mistake.
>
> Since the technical committee has vote no, there should be some "hidden"
> and "secret" reasons why it becomes yes in the end. Hopefully the news
Sadly, no one, as far as I know, even bothered to write in to IDA or ITSC
demanding an answer. Will it happen this time ?
Regards
Anand
> that Singapore Technical Committee's reconsideration vote no after BRM
> spread widely worldwide, and if this becomes yes in the end, answers
> should be given promptly to why they made the decision instead. I
> believe they should at least answer to the technical committee, else
> technical committee is useless ... if they decide to go with a yes.
>
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