Microsoft Intensifies Full Court Press On OOXML
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| Less than two weeks away from a crucial ISO ratification vote on its Office
| Open XML standard, Microsoft is stepping up efforts to sway industry opinion
| in its favor.
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http://www.crn.com/software/206904226
Don Christie: The case against OOXML
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| If OOXML is rejected as a global standard, what will it mean for businesses
| and the public?
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| Nothing much. Applications that want to be standards-compliant will support
| the well-defined and broadly accepted ODF standard. They will be able to
| compete on features and general cleverness. Just as Firefox and Safari do
| when interpreting HTML files, but then have a ton of different usability
| features to make the task of browsing the web a more enjoyable experience.
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http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/04DC44EB09DE49E2CC2574050005088A
Microsoft's paid Propaganda Machine (shillnalysts, bribed companies, Munchkins)
will relentlessly carry on trying to call a proprietary format "open"
and "XML". If they say it often enough, maybe some people will believe it.
Days ago:
Gates goes to Washington as US OOXML decision nears
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| Gates answered that Microsoft wants to see OOXML become an ISO standard, in
| part, "so that families and researchers and archivists will be able to access
| information from the past and use it to interact in the future.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1466102525&rid=-50
Recent:
Microsoft influencing partner NGOs to support OOXML in India
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| Microsoft is encouraging its business partners to promote its Office Open XML
| specification (OOXML) to the Indian Bureau of Standards (BIS) and Ministry of
| IT. This move has incensed supporters of the rival OpenDocument Format (ODF)
| who fear that the "soft" Indian state may not be able to stand up to
| Microsoft pressure tactics.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/128528
Microsoft India using NGOs to fake support for OOXML
http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-44038/microsoft-india-using-ngos-to-fake-support-for-ooxml
Becoming a better company: Microsoft helps NGOs in India
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| Of course, there has to be some trade-offs, because there should never be
| free lunch, even for the ones who starve: Microsoft, according to this
| article, has conditioned its help to Indian NGOs to their support of OOXML.
| What the NGOs had to do was to send letters of support on OOXML to the
| federal government of India.
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http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/02/29/becoming-a-better-company-microsoft-helps-ngos-in-india/
Microsoft "persuades" NGOs to support OOXML
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| Our friends at Linux Delhi have put up a copy of the form letters that
| Microsoft has been sending NGOs on the OOXML issue. Apparently, these NGOs
| have been sending copies of these letters to the Ministry of IT and Bureau of
| Indian standards.
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http://osindia.blogspot.com/2008/02/microsoft-persuades-ngos-to-support.html
Developers around the world, unite!
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| Monopoly and proprietary software have an advantage in influencing state and
| governmental institutions because of their large market base and ready
| capital. Unscrupulous ways of influencing state governments have persisted in
| India, for example, where executives of proprietary software cajole
| government heads to promote their brands in lieu of some form of charity
| given. FLOSS activists must overcome this huge challenge in order to get
| their philosophy accepted and model implemented for the good of people who
| are still on the barren side of the digital divide.
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http://thepost.com.pk/OpinionNews.aspx?dtlid=147277&catid=11
Using NGOs to Push Agendas
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| The extent to which Microsoft can go in its efforts to get OOXML is
| interesting. Microsoft has "persuaded" several non-profit organizations to
| bombard the Indian IT Secretary and the Additional Director General of the
| Bureau of Indian Standards with letters supporting its OOXML proposal. A copy
| of the form letter they have been circulating to NGOs is given below.
| Somebody should interview these NGOs to see how much they really know about
| OOXML and open standards.
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| The sequence of events leading up to the spamming of GoI? is:
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| Letter from an NGO thanking Microsoft (name changed to protect their
| identity)
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http://wiki.linux-delhi.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/OpenStandards/MsNgoLobby
Evidence of Microsoft issuing money to tens of thousands to Indian charities
just days before the vote here:
http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/01/bribe-charity-xooml-india/
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