Manipulation in Norway.
Norway and OOXML
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| "There is now a report from Norway on how Microsoft rallied its partners to
| try to get a favorable vote on MSOOXML."
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=200708301301334
Norway Decides: No with Comments on OOXML and a Hint from Hungary
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070831115138106
norway says no to ooxml
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| Standard Norge actually gives a conditioned yes to OOXML, but that's a big NO
| with comments. What does it mean? It means that Microsoft have to fix all the
| comments before it can be approved as a ISO standard.
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http://phun-ky.net/2007/08/norway-says-no-to-ooxml
ODF vs. OOXML: Microsoft Has Mastered the Art of Unfair Play (Updated)
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| The adoption of a standard is supposed to be an open, transparent process.
| Any companies interested in participating in the standard setting process in
| any significant way have to pay a fee to get a seat at the table. Many
| companies played by the rules and participated in the process. And it was
| becoming clear that Microsoft was not getting there way. In the recent vote
| in Sweden, it looked like Microsoft was going to lose. So what does Microsoft
| do? They pull the cards out of their sleeve and in a way that competing
| interests have no time to react. . Out of nowhere, Microsoft Business
| Partners are ponying up the $US2,444 to get a vote just in time for the vote.
| The final vote was in favor of Microsoft: 25 Yes, 6 No and 3 Abstentions.
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http://www.controlscaddy.com/A55A69/bccaddyblog.nsf/plinks/CBYE-76JGCQ
Bribery. Kickbacks with partners.
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