Standards Australia defends its decision to abstain from OOXML vote
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| Standards Australia has defended it's decision to abstain from the ISO
| (International Organisation for Standardization) and IEC (International
| Electrotechnical Commission) ballot to approve Microsoft's Office Open XML
| format as an international standard, saying Australia still has a chance to
| approve or disapprove the vote.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1462384209&rid=-50
They contacted the wrong person. Of course the head will say that everything
went alright. They need to ask those who needn't defend a broken system. They
deceived on IBM's (non-existent) affiliation with CompTIA, a Microsoft
lobbyist.
IBM piles on Microsoft's open document defeat
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| IBM's move to throw its weight behind the ODF-based OpenOffice.org is proof
| that rivals see a chink in the Microsoft Office armor just as many
| organizations, particularly governments, are evaluating open document
| formats.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=193266988&rid=-50
Related:
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
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