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ISO process slammed
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| Rob Weir, co-chairman of the OASIS Open Document Format (ODF) technical
| committee, says the blatant committee backing around the world to have the
| standard ratified was disconcerting. He says in several countries, countries
| voted yes at the last minute and were “heard of no more. It makes a mockery
| of the system.”
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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/software/2008/0806131046.asp?O=FPTOP&S=Legal%20View&A=LEG
Document standards row heats up
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| Standards body the Open Document Format (ODF) Alliance closed ranks with the
| European Commission (EC) against Microsoft today, issuing a statement
| applauding the commission's vociferous endorsement of the ODF standard in an
| effort to avoid vendor lock-in on document formats.
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http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2218954/odf-alliance-applauds-ec-stance
Microsoft's colossal OOXML fiasco was the best breath before it becomes the
next SCO.
Weeks ago:
SCO vs. Linux – mixed reactions to Novell Unix copyright verdict
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| From hackers to financial analysts, the question of what happens next is
| occupying the minds of many in the IT industry – not all of them as
| well-informed as Pamela Jones, the good fairy behind Groklaw, a website which
| follows such cases. She has told Infoworld that Microsoft will be the next
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| SCO Group; the company has been loudly rattling its patent sabres, claiming
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| earlier this year that Linux violated mote than 235 Microsoft patents.
| Whether Microsoft goes beyond mere sabre rattling and whether SCO manages
| anything more than a last gasp is also a question of how you evaluate the
| course of court proceedings so far.
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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/features/SCO-vs-Linux-mixed-reactions-to-Novell-Unix-copyright-verdict--/110819
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