Re: [xml-dev] Microsoft buys the Swedish vote on OOXML?

["bryan rasmussen" <rasmussen.bryan@gmail.com>]

okay, quick perusal of my gmail tells me it was Jim  Melton that
relaid that particular story.

Cheers,
Bryan Rasmussen

On 9/4/07, bryan rasmussen <rasmussen.bryan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well somewhere in one of the earlier threads someone described a
> second hand report from an impeccable source that some of the new
> members had asserted they had been told what to say and had their
> membership fees paid and they did not understand the subject. If this
> is the case I suppose they could be not especially technical and still
> go, they could be the dreaded marketing people.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Bryan Rasmussen
>
> On 9/4/07, Dave Pawson <davep@dpawson.co.uk> wrote:
> > Elliotte Harold wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, I do. For one thing, in at least the U.S. and possibly other
> > > jurisdictions, what I propose is a legal concept that can lead to civil
> > > damages and perjury charges.
> > >
> > > More importantly, at least some people actually take such statements
> > > seriously and are hesitant to affirm blatant falsehoods. Engineers and
> > > scientists in particular find it very hard to flat out lie or even
> > > dissemble in situations like this.
> >
> >
> > > Now if it were PR folks or salespeople who were joining the standards
> > > processes, then I suspect they would probably just go ahead and lie
> > > through their teeth without a second thought.
> >
> > But surely its the marketing / sales people that are paying for this
> > Elliotte, and hence are calling the tune? Vote this way or that.
> > If the engineer objects, find another engineer that wants a trip to X
> > and will vote as 'the company' wants.
> >
> > Perhaps my cynicism matches Bryans.
> >
> >
> > regards
> >
> > --
> > Dave Pawson
> > XSLT XSL-FO FAQ.
> > http://www.dpawson.co.uk
> >
>