[uecker]

It doesn't have to be ISO, but some organization which follows some official rules and not some entity dependent on industry donations.

[tialaramex]

LOL. You do know ISO/IEC 29500 exists right?

ISO agreed that despite there being an existing, popular, broadly supported and open XML document standard they should define Microsoft's proprietary alternative OOXML as an international "standard". They even held votes repeatedly until the voters gave the "correct" answer... no worry about "industry donations" there.

[uecker]

I remember the story, but it was considered outrageous for a reason.

[tialaramex]

I'm sure it would be considered "outrageous" when the same happens outside an SDO too.

[uecker]

Well, one could consider Mozilla's management of firefox to be outrageous, but then, Google pays, so what to expect?