Microsoft buys the Swedish vote on OOXML?

• From: Tim Bray <Tim.Bray@...>
• To: XML Developers List <xml-dev@...>
• Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:43:54 -0700

On 9/1/07, Rick Jelliffe <rjelliffe@...> wrote:
 > Dennis Sosnoski said:
 > > It's now clear that bribery *was* part of the process
 >
 > The other side to the story is that MS discovered and fixed the
 > mistaken/inept email within hours

Rick, I can't believe that you're pushing back on the central news
story here; this is the most corrupt and politicized standards process
I've seen in the two decades or so I've been mixed up with standards.
It's a real, legitimate, big, news story.

Trying to ignore the elephant in the room gives the appearance
of being either a fool or a tool.  -Tim