FSFLA Currently Fighting Two Battles
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| According to one source, "The Ministry of Labor in Brazil signed a pact with
| Microsoft very similar to one of the provisions of the pact in Chile
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http://blue-gnu.biz/content/fsfla_currently_fighting_two_battles
Related:
The day Chile was Bought by Microsoft
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| Just today, a secret agreement between MS and the Chilean Government came to
| light. In it, every citizen was sold as a potential user of a Windows Live
| Spaces model where every SSN is linked to, overbypassing any privacy term and
| cashing Bill some bucks. It wouldn't be so awful to all if that agreement
| wasn't aprooved yet (Spanish follows).
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http://digg.com/microsoft/The_day_Chile_was_Bought_by_Microsoft
OOXML: Brazil Says NO
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| After a very difficult and inconclusive meeting in ABNT (Brazilian Technical
| Standards Organization) office last Tuesday, the standards process director
| had to analyze the audio recording of all the meeting, review some facts,
| review again all 63+2 comments produced by the technical group about the ECMA
| specification, and conclude that a NO for OOXML is the correct position for
| Brazil in ISO Fast Track process.
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http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/08/ooxml-brazil-says-no.html
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