Brazil: OOXML is an awful specification http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-49157/brazil:ooxml-is-an-awful-specification Posts in the discussion thread "Brazil: OOXML is an awful specification" - The Brazilian committee maintains its NO vote from September, with a clear technical motivation which makes good advice to all NBs now reconsidering their vote. http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-49157#post-131689 Brazil: OOXML is an awful specification http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-49157/brazil:ooxml-is-an-awful-specification#post-131689 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:12:02 +0000 stegu 30391 The Brazilian committee puts its foot down and refuses to approve a technically flawed standard:

Our first vote, in august, was also NO, due to the same reasons: OOXML is an awful specification.
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If every country followed this simple process, OOXML would receive a NO from 100% of them.

A good remark about the 'voting' process in some technical committees:

But in some countries, how is the process? Invite a few companies and simply count their votes. The problem here: 10, 20 or 80 votes can never represent what is the best for that country. Only, maybe, if you collect one vote for each citizen.

What I am trying to say is that in this case a decision must be reached by technical consensus, not vote. It is not a matter of will, but a technical issue that can only be reached by rational analysis and deliberation.

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