Flooding JTC1/SC34: A mixed blessing
In his blog, Isene writes:
You see, in order to get much done in the sub committee, at least 50% of its P-Members needs to participate in a voting. Even with as much as 20% of the newcomers being interested in more than helping out Microsoft, it leaves less than 40% of the members caring enough to cast a vote. This will slow the the work to a grinding halt. SC34 will be left dead in the waters.
In the crucial vote on 3 September, only the 9 original members voted - not one of the newcomers bothered to vote. Does Microsoft care about the mess it leaves behind? It seems not.