[ILUG] on the MS ISO standard thing

[Conor Daly]

On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 10:16:38AM +0000 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
Gareth Eason thought:
> 
> Irish Linux User Group,
> <Some Contact Address for ILUG>
> 24th Jan, 2007
> 
> Re: Objections to JTC-1 Fast-Track Processing of the ECMA-376 Specification
> 
> 	To whom it may concern,
> 
> 	I, Gareth Eason, write on behalf of the committee and members of the
> Irish Linux User Group to voice our collective concern regarding the
> Fast-Track Processing of the ECMA 376 Specification by the ISO JTC-1
> committee.
> 
> 	As more and more of our critical paperwork gets stored in electronic

                                        s/paperwork/data/

# It's not paperwork if it gets stored in electronic form

> form, the ISO body recognise the requirement for an open standard for
> storing this data – one with which multiple software vendors may comply.
<snip>
> 
> 	As a predominantly technical body of people within Ireland, we feel it
> important to highlight our concerns to the fast-track processing of this
> proposed standard for the following reasons:
> The ECMA specification runs to some 6,000 pages, impossible to review in

    s/ECMA/ECMA 376/

# Name the specification explicitely

> any meaningful fashion within the 30 days permitted.
> The concept of the standard potentially conflicts with the ISO body's
> own stated goal of “one standard, one test, and one conformity
> assessment procedure accepted everywhere.” ECMA has been publicly slated

					    s/ECMA/ECMA 376/

# Name the specification explicitely

> as an alternative to an already existing and ratified open document
> standard, ISO/IEC 26300:2006.
<snip>
> 
> 	We would suggest that it is inappropriate to fast-track the processing

	 s/would suggest/believe/

# 'would suggest' allows the reader to ignore us because they know better.
# 'believe' is that bit stronger.

> of this proposed ECMA 376 standard and that it should be diverted from
> its present fast-track processing and should be remanded to Ecma
<snip>


Conor
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