2008-04-09 Driven to Extremes

2008-04-09 \Norway\OOXML\Microsoft\data standards\Standards Norway\protests http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/date/20080409 Driven to Extremes &ldquo;This protest was organised not by extremist agitators but by Steve Pepper (who made a great speech), the widely respected chair of the SC34 mirror committee that reviewed OOXML for Standards Norway and by his colleagues. I asked them why they were taking this unusual step and they told me it was because the majority view of their committee had been ignored by Standards Norway. They are furious - Pepper has resigned. So there may be extremists involved in the protests against OOXML somewhere, but in the specific case of Norway the protesters are highly respected standards and business people who have been driven to extremes rather than starting from them.&rdquo;   