And the award goes to... (top 10 worst Ecma responses)

If there are awards to be given to categories of worst dispositions provided by Ecma in response to comments by National Bodies for the OOXML balotting on 2 September 2007, then the ODF Alliance's list of top 10 (plus 1 bonus!) is a good one. The categories are:

10. Worst Ignored Request
9. Worst non-Answer
8. Worst use of XML
7. Worst Introduction of Security Holes
6. Worst 'Back Door' Tactic
5. Worst 'Baby and Bathwater' (part of a popular US phrase that means throwing away the good with the bad)
4. Worst Standardizing of a Microsoft Bug
3. Worst 'Most ways to Skin a Cat' Answer
2. Worst Dueling Answers
1. Worst Case for spending days of my life reading through these answers

But wait, there's a Bonus Worst ...:

Worst 'We'll Get to it Later'

Read the document at this link.