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When the Standards Are This Low, No One Wins
Sep 1, 2007, 02 :00 UTC (12 Talkback[s]) (8173 reads)

(Other stories by Matthew Aslett)

"The approvals process has been one of the most petty, underhand, deceitful, and childish events I have had the misfortune to witness during ten years in the technology industry. Whatever the outcome there is little to be proud of.

"At times it has seemed more like a high school prom Queen election campaign than an approvals process for an international data format standard..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
I don't know why everyone is getting ...   Business as usual at MS   
Jimmy the Geek
Sep 1, 2007, 00:06:42
 
In the United States, Microsoft has brai ...   Microsoft Brain washing   
cbo
Sep 1, 2007, 03:52:51
 
Microsoft is doing what it has always do ...   Boy, this one says it all.   
Tim Hanson
Sep 1, 2007, 07:29:57
 
>> Microsoft's Jason Matusow recentl ...   EU mandate   
BD
Sep 1, 2007, 13:08:33
 
> After all, this is exactly the same ki ...   Re: Business as usual at MS   
Tony OBryan
Sep 1, 2007, 15:23:01
 
cbo writes "In the United States, Micros ...   Re: False Statistics: Faketistic!   
hike
Sep 1, 2007, 17:50:00
 
> In the United States, Microsoft has br ...   Re: Microsoft Brain washing   
Stuart DeGraaf
Sep 1, 2007, 18:11:59
 
...To me, this makes fools out of those  ...   Re: Boy, this one says it all.   
GreyGeek
Sep 1, 2007, 21:35:50
 
The US legislature is awash in Microsoft ...   A nod and a wink...   
CD Baric
Sep 1, 2007, 22:58:44
 
> An nuclear engineer friend tells me th ...   Re: Re: False Statistics: Faketistic!   
blackhole
Sep 2, 2007, 07:34:15
 
Is exactly like what the ISO fiasco has  ...   Al Capone and the Chicago Cops   
GreyGeek
Sep 2, 2007, 21:11:26
 
>> Corrupt public serpents ... (no typo) ...   Re: Al Capone and the Chicago Cops   
Jose
Sep 3, 2007, 02:50:52
 
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