Sometimes I need to remind myself
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| A Malaysian standards committee was moving forward to approve ODF
| as a national standard in Malaysia. This is called "transposing"
| an International Standard, and is commonly done when a relevant
| International Standard is approved. Microsoft has made every
| attempt possible to prevent this committee from making progress
| with their review of ODF, for almost a year now.
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http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/04/sometimes-i-need-to-remind-myself.html
Microsoft: International gangsters.
Related:
Microsoft's 'Men in Black' kill Florida open standards legislation
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/04/16/2019244
Sirim pulls plug on format fight
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| Standards body Sirim Bhd has stopped a feud between IBM Malaysia
| and Microsoft Malaysia over competing technologies in this
| country.
|
| Datuk Dr Mohamad Ariffin Aton, Sirim chief executive, has
| suspended the process for approving the Open Document Format
| (ODF), which is backed by IBM Corp, as a Malaysian standard.
| A competing format is OpenXML, currently used only in Microsoft
| Corp's Office suite of desktop products.
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http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2007/4/4/technology/20070404125811&sec=technology
http://tinyurl.com/2luag5
Open Standards for Florida vs Microsoft lobbyists
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| Bottom line: Rep. Ed Homan (R-Tampa) tried to get a small paragraph
| added to a general IT bill in the State Senate that mildly favored
| open standards (i.e. ODF etc.) in state IT operations. It was a
| quiet effort, he told me, but still, within 24 hours all the
| State Senators on the appropriate committee had been contacted
| by lobbyists representing Microsoft, who also paid him a visit.
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http://www.openaddict.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=667
>From the previous CIO....
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| Quinn: Almost to a person, to anybody involved or who knows about
| the ODF issue, they attributed the story to Microsoft, right, wrong
| or otherwise. Senator Pacheco may be a bully but I do not believe he
| is disingenious and would stoop to such a tactic. Senator Pacheco and
| Secretary Galvin's office remain very heavily influenced by the
| Microsoft money and its lobbyist machine, as witnessed by their
| playbook and words, in my opinion.
|
| Quinn: I believe that the ODF decision will stand. I believe MS
| will continue to do anything and everything it can to stop it. And I
| know my seat wasn't even empty and they (MS) took another shot at
| the title, to no avail. This horse is out of the barn and I see no
| way for it to go back in. Remember, all we are asking for was and is
| for Microsoft to commit to open and the standards process; so
| everyone looks really bad if the plug gets pulled at this juncture.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060119232859729
MA Governor-Elect Names MS Anti-ODF Lobbyist to Technology Advisory Group
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20061128161343183
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