____/ Ramon F Herrera on Thursday 01 May 2008 22:39 : \____
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> This will have the effect of warning any government official of
> questionable integrity: "Think twice before you take a bribe, you are
> being watched".
>
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http://www.news.com/U.K.-standards-body-taken-to-court-over-OOXML/2100-1013_3-6238739.html
> http://tinyurl.com/6mtj4x
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> This is not the only lawsuit of its kind in Europe.
That's just the beginning (I've helped with evidence, so I know the details).
Apart from similar actions in other countries you have Neelie and her
Commission with heavy fines and public whipping (well, embarrassment at least)
very likely.
As said recently, "if you fleed [sic] the rule, you'll get caught and it will
cost you *dearly*."
UK standards body taken to court over OOXML
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| The British Standards Institution has been taken to court by a group of Unix
| users in an attempt to get the standards body to recant its approval of
| Microsoft's Office Open XML document format.
|
| The UK Unix & Open Systems User Group (UKUUG) said on Thursday that the
| British Standards Institution's (BSI's) controversial decision to vote for
| approval of OOXML in a recent International Organization for Standardization
| (ISO) ballot followed a flawed decision-making process.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39408917,00.htm
BSI faces High Court challenge over OOXML U-turn
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| OSC director Mark Taylor told The Register that the UKUUG and chums
| were "very confident that the BSI has a case to answer". He claimed
| that "they haven’t followed procedures and we want them to explain their
| controversial actions".
|
| However, even if legal action against the BSI leads to the UK standards body
| being forced, in the form of mandatory orders, to withdraw its vote to the
| ISO, its impact could be muted.
|
| Taylor agreed: "Should the BSI be asked to remove its vote, that in itself
| probably won’t change the outcome."
|
| He added that the group hopes to see individuals in other countries mount
| similar challenges against national standards bodies in order to force the
| ISO to "sit up and take notice".
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/01/bsi_ooxml_vote_high_court/
There is very damning evidence in the UK. They wouldn't take it to court just
for presence or for 'fun'.
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