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Tag Archives: Geneva
Some “OOXML has trouble” items from around the web
From the Financial Times, “Brussels to probe votes on Microsoft standard”: It asked standards organisations for views on these charges and any supporting details. It was unclear on Tuesday how many standards organisations worldwide had been contacted by the Commission. … Continue reading
Some metrics for measuring the success of the OOXML BRM
A very strange thing happened at the beginning of September, 2007. Microsoft issued a press release following the close of balloting on OOXML that began Today the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) released the results of the preliminary ballot to … Continue reading
Geneva, Wednesday afternoon
I’m starting to feel talked out. Yesterday I led the morning session at the OFE meeting, schmoozed with folks in the afternoon, and did the evening session with Vint Cerf, Håkon Wium Lie, and Andy Updegrove. Then it was dinner, … Continue reading
My Geneva presentation
I’m speaking in Geneva this morning at the Open Forum Europe Conference “Standards and the Future of the Internet.” Here are the slides I’m using: “Raising the Quality Threshold of Standards Development” in PDF format. Update: This evening I’m on … Continue reading
Monday morning: OOXML BRM tidbits
I’m in Geneva this week because I’m taking part in the Open Forum Europe conference “Standards and the Future of the Internet.” In addition, of course, the ISO/IEC OOXML Ballot Resolution Meeting is taking place this week. The OFE organizers … Continue reading
1. OOXML Ballot Resolution Meeting: Questions and Answers
Though I’ve written about this before, I continue to be amazed that there does not seem to be a single, unambiguous, and logically complete description of what will happen at the OOXML Ballot Resolution Meeting (BRM) in Geneva at the … Continue reading
