Okay, here's the beef (mentioned already)
Microsoft Fails to Gain Approval for OOXML
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| I have now seen the official vote tally, and confirmed that the vote failed
| both tests for approval (details are included at the end of this blog entry).
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070904053108577
Lots of barriers ahead.
What next for OOXML?
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| So what next? In short, Microsoft has some 10,000 comments to deal with ahead
| of he ballot resolution meeting in February.
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/09/what_next_for_o.html
Now watch what happens.
Microsoft Loses, Spins Open XML Vote
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| ISO issued a statement that makes plain what Microsoft tried to spin as a
| victory.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2178917,00.asp
Microsoft FUD Watch: OOXML Edition
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| Apparently, there is more than one way to stuff the ballot box.
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| In all my years working as a journalist, I've never seen any technology
| company spin information the way Microsoft did today. The press release on
| OOXML ratification is a blueprint for spinning semantics, and the stringing
| together of truths and half-truths to seemingly make the outcome of one event
| something else altogether.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/business_applications/microsoft_fud_watch_ooxml_edition.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Then, the press gets fed.
Microsoft spins OOXML loss as a win
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| Microsoft lost its effort to win “fast track” approval of its OOXML (which it
| calls Open XML) as an international standard, but you wouldn’t know that
| from reading much of the press coverage.
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| * Microsoft claims global support for Open XML.
| * Microsoft reports victory in preliminary ISO ballot.
| * Microsoft takes big step toward OOXML approval.
| * Microsoft is seen winning an international standard vote.
| * Strong global support for Open XML.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1382
Watch what Microsoft is doing...
The results of the ISO voting: Office Open XML is Disapproved - Updated: It's
Official
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| The 11 new P signups, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Ecuador, Jamaica, Lebanon,
| Malta, Pakistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay and Venezuela, all
| voted to approve or approve with comments, except for Ecuador, which
| disapproved, and Trinidad and Tobago which abstained. What about the O
| members? Almost to a man, they voted to approve. What an amazing coincidence.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070904082606181
Why Microsoft deserved to lose the OOXML standards vote
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| 1. Lobbying is legal. But certain lobbying tactics are not. Microsoft
| officials admitted that one of the company’s employees behaved
| inappropriately in Sweden,
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=694
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
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| No kidding. Microsoft continues to steam-roll the competition, as illustrated
| by its latest attempt to ram acceptance of OOXML through ISO by the blatantly
| rigging the vote. And of course the European's really love Microsoft's
| business practices. Not. No, Microsoft has the DoJ in their hip pocket thanks
| to the "pro-business" stance of the Bush administration, and as long as
| Bushites remain in power and the Democrats remain inept and impotent, it's
| going to stay that way. Which leaves those of use who really believe in a
| free and fair market to fend for ourselves.
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http://blogbeebe.blogspot.com/2007/09/lord-what-fools-these-mortals-be.html
Microsoft -- born to be corrupt.
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