Searching the Web for OOXML/OpenXML in Iceland brings up absolutely nothing of relevance. However, one video of interest has just shown up. Iit lacks translation though. In case someone wishes to know more, here is the video (with link, as John politely asked for).
The video is said to have been taken at the OOXML meeting in the headquarters of Icelandic Standards (IST), which is the national standards body of Iceland. It's worth mentioning that Brian Jones (of Microsoft) lived in Iceland for a couple of years.
Here is another new (and very short) video about the solution to multiple document standards.
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John Drinkwater
2007-09-03 08:59:32
Cheers Roy for the links (Youtube’s embeds are broken with Gnash atm!),
One think I noticed yesterday on Brian Jones’ blog, was this comment:
“I think that even at this stage we'll probably see that the majority of countries (maybe 60% or so?) will vote "yes"”
http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2007/08/31/we-re-getting-closer-to-iso-approval-of-open-xml.aspx
Since there is a large amount of closed/private NB decisions, how could he possible assume 60%?
Roy Schestowitz
2007-09-03 12:04:01
I'm about to post another group of links shortly. One of the articles confirms that Microsoft is working very closely with the NBs. It would not surprise me if they are "intimate" enough -- to put it one way -- to know the outcome before everybody else. It's a case of gaming-fixing. The whole fiasco!
It's almost as if there's a coordinated effort to weed out and drive away people who are passionate about security for the users, as opposed to the financial security of companies like Google and Microsoft
Cash infusions by taxpayers can create "billionaires" who aren't "job creators" (see what happened to Twitter) and bring no benefits to these taxpayers, only poverty
Seeing how the "hey hi" (AI) hype spreads to GulagTube and ruins GulagTube, we're glad we need not worry about Google (Gulag) policing our "content" via supposedly 'free' (not really) platforms, such as GulagTube, the social control (multi)media "market leader"
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John Drinkwater
2007-09-03 08:59:32
One think I noticed yesterday on Brian Jones’ blog, was this comment: “I think that even at this stage we'll probably see that the majority of countries (maybe 60% or so?) will vote "yes"” http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2007/08/31/we-re-getting-closer-to-iso-approval-of-open-xml.aspx Since there is a large amount of closed/private NB decisions, how could he possible assume 60%?
Roy Schestowitz
2007-09-03 12:04:01