Open XML standard war grows heated
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| Similar Microsoft vote-stuffing activities have also been reported in Denmark
| and Norway.
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| Some countries, such as Brazil, China, India and Canada, have already
| announced that they have voted against Open XML. The final result on whether
| Open XML will make the grade as an ISO standard will be announced on Sept. 2.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2810967760.html
Norway and Denmark too, eh? Like Switzerland, Germany, Portugal, Sweden (
http://fussnotes.typepad.com/plexnex/2007/08/swedish-cat-out.html ), and
apparently nations in South America (Colombia, for example, was filled with
Microsoft partners).
The fraud is coming to Hungary now (politicians got involved)
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Hungarian_Standards_Institution_to_reconsider_its_vote_on_OOXML
"Hungarian Standards Institution to reconsider its vote on OOXML
Mr János Kóka, Minister of Economy and Transport, has sent a mail to György
Pónyai, General Director of Hungarian Standards Institution (HSI), about its
the Hungarian vote on OOXML issue. In this mail the minister informed the
director, that the IBM Magyarországi Kft (the Hungarian subsidiary of IBM)
signed concerns about the way how the Hungarian"
[...]
"Since then, new members have been inaugurated to the committee of the HSI,
where the only requirement of membership is a fee of 100-200 euros. Many of
the new members seem to have tight relationships with Microsoft."
So, there's going to be a new vote, but it's going to be like Sweden all
again..."
Article here:
Pénteken újra lesz magyar szavazás OOXML témában az MSZT-nél
http://hup.hu/node/44019
The Joy of OOXML
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| None of this will surprise long-term observers of Microsoft: it's simply the
| way it plays.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000294
Watch the comment about Novell's (interop lab) role. I've added a comment as
well.
Microsoft buying it's way into OOXML ISO certification?
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| It appears that Microsoft is just buying the OOXML ISO certification!
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http://masuran.org/node/90
OOXML bribery humour:
http://holloway.co.nz/sincerity-generator/
More here:
http://fussnotes.typepad.com/plexnex/2007/08/humor-rejecting.html
OOXML What is it all about?
http://m8-2.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=143&Itemid=99999999&mosmsg=Item+successfully+saved.
Microsoft's Failures with the OOXML Standard
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| The sad part is that even if the ISO vote actually goes in Microsoft’s
| favour, it still won’t matter. It buys them a few years of market ignorance
| at best. This entire two year event is one for the standards text books on
| how not to respond to a business threatening standard. In the end, Microsoft
| will need to implement ODF natively. They don’t know it yet, nor do they
| understand why, but it is just a matter of time.
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http://stephesblog.blogs.com/my_weblog/2007/08/microsofts-fail.html
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