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Contents 1 ISO and Microsoft OOXML 1.1 2007 1.2 2008 1.3 2009 1.4 2010 1.5 2012 1.6 2018 1.7 2019 2 ISO and Sirius

ISO and Microsoft OOXML

Although it was not entirely unprecedented, ISO facilitated Microsoft corruption. ISO has, in turn, helped Microsoft discredit standards in general.

2007

• Eric Raymond Sees ISO Abuse and Tells Microsoft Where to Stick Its OSI Trojan Horse
• Microsoft Continues to Cheat in the ISO
• Buying Support and Buying ISO Standards in Order to Hijack the Industry
• OOXML/ISO Watch: Microsoft May Have Broken Antitrust Laws
• ISO Reform Demanded, OpenISO Formed by Norbert Bollow (Updated)
• Microsoft Already Plans to ‘Extend’ Its ‘Standard’; ECMA and ISO Named and Shamed
• The OOXML Translator is a Hoax (and so is the ISO)
• More ISO Madness — Only Accepts Microsoft Word Files
• The ISO is Replaced by Microsoft, Long Live ISO
• More Cracks in ISO, Courtesy of Microsoft Shenanigans?
• ISO and Office Open XML (OOXML): What REALLY Happened There?
• Microsoft Still Not Interested in the ISO Standard, Unless It’s Theirs

2008

• Does Microsoft Want to Kill ISO More Than Its Wants to Win an ISO?
• ISO Frozen. Too Much Corruption?
• An Ode (Eulogy) to ISO
• Venezuela Appeals ISO Decision on OOXML (Denmark Reportedly Also)
• ISO Death Watch in the Press: Part Deux
• Tim Bray Calls the ISO Process “Brutal and Corrupt”
• ISO Maxes Up Damage Control, OOXML Storm Looming
• ISO’s Alex Brown on OOXML Messiness; ISO Wants Us to Bugger Off
• Expect Microsoft to be Harshly Slapped for Abuses of ISO
• New ISO: Denial and Damage Control, as Standard
• ISO Urged to Invalidate OOXML as Microsoft’s Role Gets Shown; More Smears of ODF Come from Microsoft
• ISO and Microsoft: The Corruption Resumes
• Microsoft Controls ECMA, ISO, JTC1, Everything
• ISO Totally Loses Its Credibility, Microsoft Partly Blamed
• ISO Fails Again. It’s a Hat Trick.
• ISO: Everybody, Calm Down. It’s All Under Control. (It’s Not!)
• It’s Almost Official: ISO is Controlled by Microsoft, by Insiders
• Can ISO Be Still Saved from Microsoft?
• The World Sighs as ISO Becomes Irrelevant
• Microsoft’s Abuse of ISO Made a Lot of Sworn Enemies
• Quick Mention: ISO Fails to Properly Standrdise Even Itself
• ISO Feels OK With Corruption, Officially Approves OOXML (Updated)
• OOXML Leaked: The Stuff ISO Doesn’t Want You to Have
• Protest Against ISO and Microsoft OOXML Intensifies
• Another Formal Complaint About ISO/Microsoft: South Africa’s Turn
• BRM: (B)roken process (R)atifies (M)onopoly (ISO/IEC DIS 29500)
• Technical Flaws in OOXML and Technical Flaws in ISO (When Subjected to Sheer Abuse)
• Roger Frost (ISO) and Stephen McGibbon (Microsoft) Proudly Lied to the Public (Updated)
• Quick Mention: The ISO ODF Smear
• Microsoft Literally Pays ISO (Sponsors ISO Meeting)
• No Lessons Learned by ISO?
• It’s Official: ISO Committee Captured by Vendor Microsoft Corporation
• Report Suggests ECMA and Microsoft Put Standards as a Whole at Risk
• ISO Sweeps Abuses Under the Rug While Microsoft Extends Anti-GPL Scope
• Watch Out, ISO. XPS Coming Down Your Throat in 3, 2, 1….
• What Might Happen to ISO After Self Humiliation, Microsoft Abuse
• Another Feather Falls off ISO’s Cap Due to Microsoft OOXML
• ISO and Microsoft: Lesson in Teamwork?
• ISO Bites Its Tongue
• ISO’s Self Abuse: The Morning After
• ISO: Fail?
• ISO Fallout, ODF Uprise
• The BSI Has Been Corrupted by Microsoft — Another Chink in ISO’s armor
• OOXML Neglected by National Archives, Microsoft’s ISO Capturers Still Fight ODF
• Shame on You ISO, Shame On You. Total Disgrace.
• Clannish Grouping Makes Tribal Elections (ISO and OOXML)
• South Africa Hosts ODF Conference, India Looks Beyond ISO
• OOXML Believed to be on Path to a Loss at ISO (ITNews)
• Is a Vote for OOXML (Office Open XML) as an ISO illegitimate?
• Bryden and the Sheep

2009

• ODF: Microsoft Gets Its Way in Seattle, Washington
• Microsoft Buys ECMA for XPS; Watch Out, ISO
• How Microsoft/ISO Took More Control of ODF
• ISO Should Withdraw OOXML After Microsoft and Alex Brown Lied About Patents
• ISO Finds a Home at Microsoft, Hostility Towards ODF Made Subtle

2010

• ISO is Irrelevant and British Government Pushed to Support ODF

2012

• ISO Helps Patent Cartels, Monopolies; Mozilla Surrenders, Fedora Will Not

2018

• USPTO Craziness: Changing Rules to Punish PTAB Petitioners and Reward Microsoft for Corruption at ISO

2019

• USPTO Rewards Microsoft for Corruption at ISO by Teaching People Proprietary OOXML and Promoting Its Use

ISO and Sirius

Experiences of ISO at Sirius Open Source:

• Sirius ‘Open Source’ Misleading the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on Security
• The ISO Delusion: How Sirius Picked Collaboration/Communication Tools That Harm Staff, Harm the Company, and Harm Its Clients
• ISO Reality: The 'Security' Certifications Are Meaningless (Paid-for Papers)
• The Inside(r) Story of ISO 'Certification' Mills
• Meme: ISO Certification for Paying for Certificates on Time
• Meme: ISO Selling 'Reputation' to Small Businesses (for a Large Fee)
• The ISO Train Wreck at Sirius 'Open Source'
• Sirius Lying About ISO to Justify Giving the Technical Staff Some Classic 'Bullshit Jobs' While Censoring/Covering Up Incompetence
• The ISO Delusion: Sirius Open Wash Ltd. and Medical Data/Projects at Risk/Peril