Comments on: Ireland votes Conditional Approval/No with Comments on OOXML standard http://www.eire.com/2007/ireland-votes-conditional-approvalno-with-comments-on-ooxml-standard/ Government, Infrastructure, Business Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:06:19 +0000 hourly 1 By: EWI http://www.eire.com/2007/ireland-votes-conditional-approvalno-with-comments-on-ooxml-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-149303 EWI Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:16:57 +0000 http://www.eire.com/2007/09/03/ireland-votes-conditional-approvalno-with-comments-on-ooxml-standard/#comment-149303 Any chance of transparency on which "interested" parties (i.e. Microsoft Partners) turned up to vote in favour of this? The public has a right to know. Any chance of transparency on which “interested” parties (i.e. Microsoft Partners) turned up to vote in favour of this? The public has a right to know.

]]> By: CO http://www.eire.com/2007/ireland-votes-conditional-approvalno-with-comments-on-ooxml-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-149176 CO Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:50:59 +0000 http://www.eire.com/2007/09/03/ireland-votes-conditional-approvalno-with-comments-on-ooxml-standard/#comment-149176 I would like to offer congrats to those concerned with the decision not to accept the current offer as a standard. It is my belief, and I hope that of others, that such a standard must be TRULY and FULLY open. Hopefully nothing will occur in the meantime to cause Ireland to change its stance on this. I would like to offer congrats to those concerned with the decision not to accept the current offer as a standard.
It is my belief, and I hope that of others, that such a standard must be TRULY and FULLY open.
Hopefully nothing will occur in the meantime to cause Ireland to change its stance on this.

]]> By: John Latham http://www.eire.com/2007/ireland-votes-conditional-approvalno-with-comments-on-ooxml-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-148798 John Latham Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:02:22 +0000 http://www.eire.com/2007/09/03/ireland-votes-conditional-approvalno-with-comments-on-ooxml-standard/#comment-148798 http://www.nsai.ie/index.cfm/area/news/action/article/information/xml So, if I ask my wife "can I sleep with another woman", and she replies "over my dead body", that would be "qualified approval" according to the NSAI. Brilliant. John http://www.nsai.ie/index.cfm/area/news/action/article/information/xml

So, if I ask my wife “can I sleep with another woman”, and she replies “over my dead body”, that would be “qualified approval” according to the NSAI.

Brilliant.

John

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