LXer: Alex Brown: "The entire OOXML project is now surely heading for failure"

LXer · 04-02-2010, 02:10 AM

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Those who followed the ODF-OOXML Standards War will remember that Alex Brown, the Convener of the Geneva Ballot Resolution Meeting that approved OOXML, helped broker the final approval of OOXML as a formal, global standard. He's defended his actions and OOXML ever since - until now.

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penguiniator · 04-02-2010, 03:34 AM

Poor Alex. He stood up for Microsoft and for OOXML when few others would (Miguel de Icaza being a notable exception). He defended not just Microsoft and OOXML, but his own part in undermining the standard setting process itself and the reputation of the ISO. Now he is eating his own words.