Comments on: As Cox Era Ends, Less Optimism for XBRL Mandate http://hitachidatainteractive.com/2008/10/28/as-cox-era-ends-less-optimism-for-xbrl-mandate/ XBRL News and Commentary from the Hitachi XBRL Business Unit Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:20:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: rc whalen http://hitachidatainteractive.com/2008/10/28/as-cox-era-ends-less-optimism-for-xbrl-mandate/comment-page-1/#comment-17074 rc whalen Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:52:16 +0000 http://hitachidatainteractive.com/?p=235#comment-17074 Good comment Matt. No surprise here. The entire XBRL effort has been dependent upon the personal support of Chairman Chris Cox. Now that his sun is setting in Washington, this effort needs a new champion and a new strategy, one which is cognizant of the business realities of Washington and the technical/business rules of the SEC. See my letter in Financial Week: http://www.financialweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081026/REG/310279982/1037/LETTERS Best, Chris Good comment Matt. No surprise here. The entire XBRL effort has been dependent upon the personal support of Chairman Chris Cox. Now that his sun is setting in Washington, this effort needs a new champion and a new strategy, one which is cognizant of the business realities of Washington and the technical/business rules of the SEC.

See my letter in Financial Week: http://www.financialweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081026/REG/310279982/1037/LETTERS

Best,

Chris

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