____/ Mark Kent on Monday 03 March 2008 14:00 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Denmark: OOXML vote won't affect public sector
>>
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>>| But Denmark's decision to support OOXML has stirred opposition. The Danish
>>| Unix Systems User Group (DKUUG) has a complaint pending before the European
>>| Commission charging that support for OOXML unfairly favors Microsoft,
>>| violating European competition law.
>>|
>>| They're asking the Commission to nullify the Danish mandate. If local
>>| governments choose OOXML, "then there is only one company that has a fair
>>| chance," said Keld Simonsen, vice chairman of DKUUG.
>>|
>>| The Commission has not asked Denmark for input as of yet on the complaint.
>>| But Lebech said the complaint appears to ignore that local authorities can
>>| also use ODF.
>>|
>>| "We want to move toward open standards, but we cannot change the public
>>| sector overnight," he said.
>>|
>>| Denmark plans to have a third party evaluate the decision to use both ODF
>>| and OOXML in February 2009, which could result in a change of strategy,
>>| Lebech said.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/02/27/OOXML-vote-won%27t-affect-Denmark-public-sector_1.html
>>
>> Many examples available of stacking. Below are just a few. Not much has
>> changes since Bill Gates blackmailed the Danish government.
>>
>
> There's nothing to stop Microsoft from supporting the ODF format, but
> no, what they want is a format which locks all other vendors *out*, not
> one which lets themselves in on equal terms.
I'd love it if Mr. Stocholm could explain to us some of the material in the
references appended. Microsoft partners like him are becoming an embarrassment
to the country. Sweden has already been humiliated (internationally) by
Microsoft's deed there. In Poland, I know for a fact people were outraged and
lost trust in their government -- all because of Microsoft and its
reimbursements/favours/manipulations/bribes/who know what...
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