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For users, the benefit of a standard is to have compatibility between competing products in the market. As soon as there are two or several standards for the same applications, these are no longer standards, but mere technical specifications. If there had been only one ISO-approved format, it would have been a means to relaunch competition and innovation in the office productivity market. if there are several, the situation remains the same as in the past. The existence of a dual standard doesn't bring anything more than the absence of a standard. - [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080419005201783 Frédéric Couchet], APRIL, the main French advocacy association devoted to promote and protect Free/Libre Software. | For users, the benefit of a standard is to have compatibility between competing products in the market. As soon as there are two or several standards for the same applications, these are no longer standards, but mere technical specifications. If there had been only one ISO-approved format, it would have been a means to relaunch competition and innovation in the office productivity market. if there are several, the situation remains the same as in the past. The existence of a dual standard doesn't bring anything more than the absence of a standard. - [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080419005201783 Frédéric Couchet], APRIL, the main French advocacy association devoted to promote and protect Free/Libre Software. | ||
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'''There were 30 in the bed and the little one said, “Roll over, roll over.” | |||
So they all rolled over and 23 fell out. | |||
There were 7 in the bed and the little one said, “Roll over, roll over.” | |||
So they all rolled over and 4 fell out. | |||
There were 3 in the bed and the little one said, “Roll over, roll over.” | |||
So they all rolled over and 2 fell out… | |||
There was 1 in the bed and the little one said, “Norway votes Yes!”''' - [http://topicmaps.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/the-norway-vote-what-really-happened/ Steve Pepper], the Chairman of the Norwegian mirror committee for SC34 (K185) for 13 years until resigning a couple of weeks ago in protest against Standard Norway’s decision to vote Yes. | |||
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