____/ Mark Kent on Friday 14 March 2008 06:57 : \____
> Lionel Garth Jones <lgj@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> USENIX is pleased to announce open public access to all its conference
>> proceedings.
>>
>> This significant decision will allow universal access to some of the
>> most important technical research in advanced computing. In making this
>> move USENIX is setting the standard for open access to information, an
>> essential part of its mission.
>>
>> USENIX could not achieve such goals without the support and dedication
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>> Membership helps us present over 20 influential conferences each year
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>>
>> USENIX conference proceedings can be found at:
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>>
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>
> A good move, thanks!
>
> ISO could learn a thing or two here...
After complaints from the UNIX User Group of Denmark, it's gonna have to. The
commission investigates similar abuses in... well, pretty much every country,
but it must limit itself to Europe.
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Denmark: OOXML vote won't affect public sector
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| But Denmark's decision to support OOXML has stirred opposition. The Danish
| Unix Systems User Group (DKUUG) has a complaint pending before the European
| Commission charging that support for OOXML unfairly favors Microsoft,
| violating European competition law.
|
| They're asking the Commission to nullify the Danish mandate. If local
| governments choose OOXML, "then there is only one company that has a fair
| chance," said Keld Simonsen, vice chairman of DKUUG.
|
| The Commission has not asked Denmark for input as of yet on the complaint.
| But Lebech said the complaint appears to ignore that local authorities can
| also use ODF.
|
| "We want to move toward open standards, but we cannot change the public
| sector overnight," he said.
|
| Denmark plans to have a third party evaluate the decision to use both ODF and
| OOXML in February 2009, which could result in a change of strategy, Lebech
| said.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/02/27/OOXML-vote-won%27t-affect-Denmark-public-sector_1.html
OOXML News From Denmark
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| It appears that pressure was put on partners there as well, although
| Microsoft denies that was the intent.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070831002558681
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| Re: In Denmark, Microsoft has 2 out of 4 votes
|
| InzpektorInzpektor 18 Feb 2008, 15:20 BST
|
| The Danish delegation for the BRM will consist of:
|
| * IBM
| * Dansk Standard (the national standards body)
| * Microsoft - Themselves!
| * Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Ciber A/S
|
| So, I guess that means that the Danish votes are a tie. (Ofcourse with the
| national standards body being the joker here :-) )
|
| Reference:
| http://www.ds.dk/3537 (In Danish)
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http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-41947/microsoft-s-wikipedia-editor-goes-to-the-brm-to-represent-australia
The Microsoft OOXML ‘Corruption Train’ Reaches Denmark
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| A committee from Danish Standardisation is going to decide whether to
| recommend a Microsoft standard as an open standard internationally. A
| majority in the committee have close connections to Microsoft, however….17
| out of the 31 members in the committee are so called Microsoft partners….The
| European interest organisation Foundation for a Free Information
| Infrastructure accuses Microsoft of influencing the decision process by
| asking partners to join the national decision committee.
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http://boycottnovell.com/2007/07/27/denmark-ooxml/
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