w00t! What a ride!

[Ted Roche]

Ben Scott wrote:
> On 9/17/07, Bill Sconce <sconce at in-spec-inc.com> wrote:
>> Microsoft's takeover of ISO thwarted ... considerable backlash
>> as the nature of the effort ... becomes known.[1]
> 
>   Anyone know if any of this is getting coverage in the mainstream
> press?  Or even the mainstream IT press?  The sources given are, shall
> we say, not exactly unbiased.  Groklaw and FSF Europe, in particular,
> have an overt agenda.  I happen to agree with their agenda, but
> depending on their press releases for my information is still going to
> be little more than an opinion feedback loop.  Has anyone outside of
> the geek community reported on Microsoft's latest tricks?

Outside of 'geek?' Depends on where you draw the line. Outside of
Slashdot, Groklaw and Ars Technica? Mainstream IT press, yes:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/09/14/Google-applauds-ISO-vote-voices-OOXML-concerns_1.html

http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/154421033/article.do

http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9770507-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5

In the real press? Strangely, I couldn't find anything on MSNBC ;)

Money reprints Microsoft's press release, claiming the defeat was a victory:

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/AQTU10304092007-1.htm

The Boston Globe reprinted the Reuters feed, which offered a more
balanced view:

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/09/05/microsoft_loses_vote_on_open_document_format/

(that link is likely to disappear behind their pay-to-view firewall, soon)



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