The Swedish OOXML vote has been declared invalid!
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| The swedish working group at SIS, Swedish Standards Institute, Document
| description languages SIS/TK 321/AG 17, decided in a vote on August 27, 2007,
| to vote yes to making Office Open XML an ISO standard. Today, the board of
| SIS decided to invalidate the vote.
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http://www.os2world.com/content/view/14874/2/
Open XML-omröstningen görs om
http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.118680
OOXML approval system open to abuse
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| Whether or not OOXML is a good candidate for an open standard is beside the
| point: there is prima facie evidence of voting in bad faith, without proper
| consideration of all the aspects of the proposal.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/leader/0,1000002982,39288965,00.htm?r=1
It still seems likely that Microsoft is trying to 'but' India (see recent news
at the bottom).
Related:
Microsoft managed to buy the vote of Sweden in ISO?
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| When a friend of mine arrived, it was clear that it all was stuffing going on
| from Microsoft side. All Microsoft partners in Sweden was at that meeting.
| People against OOXML got an offer to leave the meeting without paying the fee
| (not becoming a member). Everyone left, including IBM that thought it all was
| a farse.
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http://stupid.domain.name/node/382
Microsoft to Boost Charity in India
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070827/india_microsoft_software_donation.html?.v=1
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