RE: [xml-dev] Microsoft buys the Swedish vote on OOXML?

• From: "Len Bullard" <cbullard@...>
• To: <Tim.Bray@...>, "'XML Developers List'" <xml-dev@...>
• Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 02:45:49 -0500

Microsoft was quick to recognize and correct the error.

len


From: Tim.Bray@... [mailto:Tim.Bray@...] 
 
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