Chambers wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Invisible [mailto:voi### [at] devnull]
>> 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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