Los de la FFII son unos cachondos
La Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure es una entidad dedicada a defender el uso de estándares abiertos, la interoperabilidad y, en general, dedicada a eliminar las barreras que dificulten el manejo de la información para limitar la competencia.
Además son unos cachondos.
Le han dado un premio a Microsoft por su campaña en contra del OOXML :- O (el nuevo formato que quería la propia Microsoft que fuera un estándar ISO, como OpenDocument –el formato de OpenOffice.org y otros):
“FFII awards Microsoft “Best Campaigner against OOXML Standardization” prize
On September 3rd, ISO announced that the Microsoft proposal had not gathered enough support to be accepted as it is. ISO will now review the comments made on the proposal, and make a final decision in February 2008. FFII president Pieter Hintjens explains, “we could never have done this by ourselves. By pushing so hard to get OOXML endorsed, even to the point of loading the standards boards in Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy, and beyond, Microsoft showed to the world how poor their format is. Good standards just don’t need that kind of pressure. All together, countries made over ten thousands technical comments, a new world record for an ISO vote. Microsoft made a heroic — and costly — effort to discredit their own proposal, and we’re sincerely grateful to them.”"
Es que, a veces, el intentar demasiado las cosas es malo.
(Visto en Slashdot)
