Microsoft corruption in Uruguay:
http://picandocodigo.linuxuruguay.org/index.php/2007/08/29/uruguay-vota-si-al-ooxml/
Petition for National Archives (they don't realise that National Archives is
itself **RUN** by a Microsoft employee).
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ODFinNA/
Evidence of Microsoft Influencing OOXML Votes in Nordic States
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| "This is how a standard is bought," Bosson wrote later. "I left the meeting
| in protest - pissed off."
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Evidence_of_Microsoft_Influencing_OOXML_Votes_in_Nordic_States/1188335569
More here:
http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=147&a=686119
Microsoft Memo to Partners in Sweden Surfaces: Vote Yes for OOXML - Updated
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| He acknowledges that the rules might need to be changed.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070829070630660
The OOXML Problem
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| Another thing, by introducing a "new fancy" document format, MS can hold a
| tighter grip round existing customers and get more on the false pretence that
| they've "opened up".
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http://phun-ky.net/2007/08/the-ooxml-problem
Linux Foundation Releases Statement Calling for National Bodies to Vote "No" on
OOXML
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| Perhaps enough National Bodies will heed the call of the Linux Foundation to
| draw a line in the sand, here and now, and even at this eleventh hour, and
| stop the juggernaut of abuse before it drives the system totally over the
| cliff.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070829095223942
Rejecting OOXML
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| All the CIOs say they want is XML documents; unfortunately they aren't as
| aware as Georg Greve, above, that Microsoft's implementation of XML is
| exceedingly half-hearted.
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http://fussnotes.typepad.com/plexnex/2007/08/rejecting-ooxml.html
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