Shipping news: Sun's Blackbox arrives in Australia
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| The Blackbox can be configured to hold up to 250 Sun Fire servers or up to
| 3PB worth of storage. A single Blackbox can house 700 CPUs, hold up to 2,000
| cores and provide 18,000 simultaneous processing threads, the company says.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=532446513&rid=-50
Advisory group for meeting on Open XML Standard
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| In September 2007, the European Computer Manufacturers' Association (ECMA)
| 376 Open Office XML specification was not approved as an international
| standard when voted on by members of the international standards joint
| technical committee No 1 (JTC1). Standards New Zealand, as a member of JTC1
| with the responsibility to vote on behalf of New Zealand, voted against
| adopting the specification as an international standard.
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http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0712/S00035.htm
Initial report from OOXML technical and legal workshop last week
http://pipka.org/blog/2007/12/18/initial-report-from-ooxml-technical-and-legal-workshop-last-week/
Microsoft's shill, Rick Jelliffe, was there also.
Related:
Microsoft Hires Programmer [Rick Jelliffe] to edit [Corrupt] Wikipedia Entry
For OOXML
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/79130/index.html
OSIA takes issue with OOXML, lobbies Standards Australia
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| Opposition to the endorsement of the program comes on top of the suspected
| stacking by Microsoft of a variety of standards bodies in order to get OOXML
| approved as the ISO standard. "This was not part of OSIA's submission and is
| not anything OSIA has direct knowledge of", said Scott. "However, there are a
| number of people who assert that Microsoft is doing as you suggest", he said.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=562760212&rid=-50
Report from Australia - the OOXML Forum
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| I'd say things look grim in Australia, but it's not too late to express
| yourself to Australia Standards. The public is encouraged to continue to send
| comments until August 21.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070809103920651
NZ rejects Microsoft OOXML, Sweden confused
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| Microsoft has admitted encouraging partners to join the national bodies
| deciding whether to recommend OOXML for fast-track ISO (International
| Organization for Standardization) certification.
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http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/NZ-rejects-Microsoft-OOXML-Sweden-confused/0,339028227,339281682,00.htm
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