Comments on: Microsoft’s Office coup in Sweden http://log.openxp.net/2007/08/29/microsofts-office-coup-in-sweden/ Where Linux and standards meet patents and Internets. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:57:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Wraith http://log.openxp.net/2007/08/29/microsofts-office-coup-in-sweden/#comment-5 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:47:00 +0000 http://vuorio.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/microsofts-office-coup-in-sweden/#comment-5 Allthough they wouldn’t be binding there is a lot of precedent within ISO standardization that as many comments as possible will be adressed in ballot resolution.

OASIS created a v1.0 second edition for OpenDocument just from comments that were gathered from yes with comments votes during the ballot resolution phase.

Allthough it might not be binding comments that contribute to a better specification will always be welcomed. It would be a waste to throw that away.

]]> By: David Vuorio http://log.openxp.net/2007/08/29/microsofts-office-coup-in-sweden/#comment-4 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:24:00 +0000 http://vuorio.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/microsofts-office-coup-in-sweden/#comment-4 I meant: “Yes with technical comments” is IMO an artificial construct. But also, while comments can be appended to a yes vote, they wouldn’t be binding.

]]> By: David Vuorio http://log.openxp.net/2007/08/29/microsofts-office-coup-in-sweden/#comment-3 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:59:00 +0000 http://vuorio.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/microsofts-office-coup-in-sweden/#comment-3 The vote would have been 6-6 with IBM, which would give the chairman an extra vote. Also, there were many factors that would have meant people could have switched to a NO.

“Yes with comments” is IMO an artificial construct. Anyhow, I recall that a vast majority voted yes without comments. The question of submitting comments was never discussed.

]]> By: The Wraith http://log.openxp.net/2007/08/29/microsofts-office-coup-in-sweden/#comment-2 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:48:00 +0000 http://vuorio.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/microsofts-office-coup-in-sweden/#comment-2 So the ‘old’ NO vote was actually losing anyways ? 6-5

(and 9 august does not seem very old to me btw)

What is missing from the blog is whether the approval vote is with comments or without as a lot of the approval votes by other coutries is still acompanied by the comments

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