India not for MS-backed Open XML as standard
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| The debate between the standards for the electronic documents — OXML and Open
| Document Format (ODF) became heated over the last few weeks, splitting the IT
| industry over the issue. The ODF standard is being supported by Sun, IBM and
| Red Hat amongst others. Simply put, standards are technical specifications
| that permit developers of software, hardware, and services to make and
| distribute products that would work with one another within a given context.
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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/08/24/stories/2007082452600100.htm
Watch Microsoft lying in India:
MS, IBM-Sun slug it out on standard text format
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| A meeting has been called by the government in which members of both parties
| will meet. Microsoft India’s national technology offer Vijay Kapur counters
| Sun. He said OOXML was a completely open standard and its specifications were
| fully documented. He said there was no royalty charged and it works on a
| covenant of not to sue. He also said it did not recource to any proprietary
| information held by Microsoft.
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http://news.chrisranjana.com/microsoft-news/ms-ibm-sun-slug-it-out-on-standard-text-format.html
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