> It is nobody's fault. The problem is that the rules have changes faster 
> than the time required for a large organisation like ISO to change their 
> rules. A few years ago MS couldn't care less if what they did was 
> conforming to a standard or not, they were the de facto standard. Suddenly 
> they are in danger of losing a large part of what they though was a solid 
> monopoly if they do not get an ISO standard fast, so they did what every 
> company should do [*] and tried to protect their interest.

Yes, I think you are right, the problem is that MS (and supporting 
companies) are new to this ISO standards game, if MS want to get involved 
more in the future then so will all the companies that joined purely to 
support MS, then it will be back to running as normal.

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