XML spec editor: OOXML ISO process is "unadulterated BS"

"Some of the more vocal critics contend that the lack of time for adequate review of the ECMA responses is evidence that OOXML isn't an appropriate candidate for fast-track approval. One such critic was one of Canada's representatives at the BRM, Tim Bray—director of web technologies for Sun Microsystems (which backs the competing OpenDocument format) and one of the co-editors of W3C's XML specification. "The process was complete, utter, unadulterated bullshit. I'm not an ISO expert, but whatever their 'Fast Track' process was designed for, it sure wasn't this. You just can't revise six thousand pages of deeply complex specification-ware in the time that was provided for the process, [...]""

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080302-xml-spec-editor-ooxml-iso-process-is-unadulterated-bs.html

and

"Microsoft says it is "optimistic" that the Office Open XML specification will be made into an ISO standard, despite a national body describing the ballot resolution process as "bulls**t"."

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/173304/nevermind-the-bullst-heres-ooxml-says-microsoft.html