Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Is there anything Microsoft could do that wouldn't be evil?
> 
>   Microsoft is scary as hell.
> 
>   The OOXML issue is a good example of this. Microsoft convinced a big bunch
> of countries to raise their voting status in the ISO standardization
> organization for the sole reason to vote on the OOXML standard. After
> that these countries abandoned the ISO organization, causing it problems
> (because by the ISO rules any standard requires at least 50% of votes to
> be passed, and now there's a big bunch of voters who are not voting).
> 
>   Let me repeat that: Microsoft, a PRIVATE COMPANY, succeeded in making
> a bunch of COUNTRIES to raise their voting status on ISO for the sole
> purpose of voting for a standard proposal made by that PRIVATE COMPANY.
> 
>   Not individuals. Not other companies. COUNTRIES. Independent states.
> Those with independent governments.
> 
>   If that doesn't scare someone shitless, I don't know what will. The only
> other organization which has the same kind of power over the world countries
> is the OPEC cartel. And this isn't a private company, but a bunch of other
> countries.
> 
>   Is it any wonder that *anything* this monster organization does is seen
> as evil?

	You've shown it's scary.

	But evil?

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