Comments on: Alex Brown, Microsoft OOXML Cenvenor, Steps Down? http://techrights.org/2008/10/04/alex-brown-retirement/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2008/10/04/alex-brown-retirement/comment-page-1/#comment-26080 Roy Schestowitz Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:39:46 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/04/alex-brown-retirement/#comment-26080 http://adjb.net/ : "Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)" The site is down. Maybe it's a fictional leap year today. ;-) http://adjb.net/ : “Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)”

The site is down. Maybe it’s a fictional leap year today. ;-)

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However I found the page through google cache and got this:

>> With the arrangements made for WG 4, a vacancy arose for the convenorship of WG 1, and I was pleased to accept the honour of taking this role. It is a great responsibility, following in the giant footsteps of preceding convenors Charles Goldfarb, Martin Bryan, and Murata-san himself.

>> On a personal level it must also be said it is a relief to step away from the standardisation of OOXML. Whatever one’s views about the merits of the spec, I think there can be no disagreement with the thought that being heavily involved with its passage is both tiring and stressful. For now, I’ve had enough.

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>> So, after a tough year, what is the mood in SC 34? Positive, is my impression. The tensions surrounding ISO/IEC 29500 have dissipated and all agree that we have made the best arrangements we could for stewardship of the Standard and progression of work around it. … The future is bright, and we look forward to meeting up again

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