● 07.08.08

●● WikiLeaks Catches ISO with Pants Down

Posted in ISO, Microsoft, Open XML at 4:59 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

The article covering this is in German, but the exhibit is there for all to see. Groklaw has this summary:

Heise Reports ISO Report on Fast Track is on Wikileaks

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[PJ: The report is in German, and you must draw your own conclusions. They provide a link to the document on Wikileaks, which is in English, and they say the report "does not directly refer to that particular fast track process. Rather it is a response to a question which had been asked at a previous meeting of ISO/IEC JTC1's Special Working Group on the Directives about the fast-track process in relation to amendments to standards." The conclusion? That fast tracking should only be for standards "which do not need changes". The origin of the document is "IEC Central Office", and is guessed to be Gabriel Barta. The significance is that ISO publicly has stated how wonderfully the OOXML Fast Track process worked. It seems someone disagrees.]

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How foolish must ISO and Microsoft feel? How much and how long can they attempt to deny the abuse of this process? █

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