● 04.09.08

●● OOXML Fiasco: More Legal Action Against the BSI Possible

Posted in Europe, ISO, Law, Microsoft, Open XML, Standard at 7:01 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Reassuring news arrived from The Inquirer, which says that a legal challenge to the BSI might be served in addition to a formal complaint and a large-scale investigation by the European Commission. It could soon become the third vector of scrutiny.

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> the UK Unix and Open Systems User Group (UKUUG) has sought the advice of a barrister over whether it can mount a legal challenge to a British Standards Institute decision to approve the Microsoft standard. It has also written to the BSI asking for an explanation.

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We last wrote about the BSI yesterday, including pointers to previous self-containing summaries. Despite the secrecy of the process (no transparency in an open standards process), the evidence gathered seems sufficient to justify a thorough investigation into what seems like ballot-stuffing.

wrote about the BSI yesterday

If you are part of the action against the BSI and you require more information you are unable to find, please leave a comment. Justice ought to be eventually brought because large-scale interaction on the Web makes corruption more shallow. We accused the BSI back in February, long before we even knew about the outcome. █

“If you flee the rules, you will be caught. And it will cost you dearly.”

–Neelie Kroes (about Microsoft), February 27th, 2008

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