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Chambers wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Invisible [mailto:voi### [at] dev null]
>> The last I heard, loads of people were rejecting the draft. (Indeed,
>> signing up with ISO *just* to reject this one draft.) Not quite sure
>> how
>> it managed to pass...
>
> It passed because MS paid a bunch of countries that previously had no
> interest in the ISO to sign up just so they could vote for it.
Wow.
OK, that's pretty special. I thought websites that offer to write your
assignments for you for a fee were bad. But a "reputable" commercial
entity bribing entire countries to buy an ISO standard? Jesus Christ...
> IIRC, it caused some problems as those countries immediately stopped
> participating after said vote.
Yes - so I heard...
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