Denmark: OOXML Vote Won't Affect Public Sector
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| Denmark's public sector will not be affected if Microsoft's latest file
| format is rejected or accepted by the International Organization for
| Standardization (ISO), a government official said Wednesday.
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http://www.cio.com/article/188850/Denmark_OOXML_Vote_Won_t_Affect_Public_Sector
Free Market vs the OOXML
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| Supporting open standards does not equate to supporting standards for which
| ISO said are standards. It means supporting technologies which were designed
| to be fully interoperable, compatible and transparently documented so as to
| be fitting for use by a large number of people without forming a situation of
| lock-in to a particular company. An open standard is a technology whose inner
| workings are completely transparent and whose use does not constitute
| dependance on any particular product or company, and which is commonly used
| in the market.
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http://www.memeverse.com/2008/03/30/free-market-vs-the-ooxml/
Recent:
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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