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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| "We want to move toward open standards, but we cannot change the public
| sector overnight," he said.
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| 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.
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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.
Related:
OOXML News From Denmark
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| It appears that pressure was put on partners there as well, although
| Microsoft denies that was the intent.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070831002558681
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| Re: In Denmark, Microsoft has 2 out of 4 votes
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| InzpektorInzpektor 18 Feb 2008, 15:20 BST
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| The Danish delegation for the BRM will consist of:
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| * IBM
| * Dansk Standard (the national standards body)
| * Microsoft - Themselves!
| * Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Ciber A/S
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| So, I guess that means that the Danish votes are a tie. (Ofcourse with the
| national standards body being the joker here :-) )
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| Reference:
| http://www.ds.dk/3537 (In Danish)
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http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-41947/microsoft-s-wikipedia-editor-goes-to-the-brm-to-represent-australia
The Microsoft OOXML ‘Corruption Train’ Reaches Denmark
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| A committee from Danish Standardisation is going to decide whether to
| recommend a Microsoft standard as an open standard internationally. A
| majority in the committee have close connections to Microsoft, however….17
| out of the 31 members in the committee are so called Microsoft partners….The
| European interest organisation Foundation for a Free Information
| Infrastructure accuses Microsoft of influencing the decision process by
| asking partners to join the national decision committee.
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http://boycottnovell.com/2007/07/27/denmark-ooxml/
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