Today it resumes. Preparations for the BRM in Geneva have already kicked off and heavy Microsoft lobbying will be applied to ensure that nothing interferes with the process of making proprietary formats something that is seen as 'open'. It is natural to assume that rules will be broken, lies will be told, and briberies may be offered. We have seen plenty of that before and if Rob's mental note is anything to go by, the party has just begun and there's plenty of Kool-Aid in the bar.
Within the next 24-hours, Microsoft will submit to JTC1 a set of proposals for addressing the 3,522 comments that accompanied OOXML's failed ballot last September. We'll no doubt hear a lot of yip-yip-yahooing on their end. Expect a major media campaign. I don't want to take away the surprise, but I'm hearing that journalists are being flown into Redmond next week from around the world for briefings on OOXML.
The video is not new, but it's worth adding here and sharing with friends who know nothing about those who represent them in Geneva, most of whom will be obedient puppets. ⬆
With over 6 million pounds in debt (nearly 10 million US dollars) we guess it's likely some other company will take over the site (if it deems it worthwhile)
The crash of this bubble isn't just inevitable, it's already happening and receding sporadically because of false announcements about money that does not actually exist (to "buy time")
When Debian wanted to stage a seemingly legitimate election it needed to have more than one candidate running; so eventually the female partner of a geek rose to the challenge (had no coding skills at all, no technical history in Debian) and lost to the "incumbent German"
Even back in the 90s many people converted programs from one language to another. That could invalidate copyleft (and copyright), which already existed
"The Claimant says he is “a computer security expert”, but his background and his track record in the education sense (genetics) does not support this assertion."
