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[News] Official International-level Complaint About Microsoft OOXML and ISO (from South African)

  • Subject: [News] Official International-level Complaint About Microsoft OOXML and ISO (from South African)
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 16:25:20 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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The South Africa Bureau of Standards submits an official appeal to ISO and IEC
against OOXML

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| At least one National Body has submitted a formal complaint to ISO and IEC. 
| South Africa was rather vocal about the Fast Tracking process of OOXML from 
| day one.  
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http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/05/the-south-afric.html


Recent:

South Africa adopts ODF as a national standard

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| The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) on Friday approved the Open
| Document Format (ODF) as an official national South African standard. The
| adoption of ODF by South Africa opens the way for the businesses and
| government to adopt ODF more widely in their processes.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2365


Embrace the Reality and Logic of Choice

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| Another neo-colonialist press release from Microsoft's CompTIA lobbying arm,
| this time inveighing against South Africa's adoption of ODF as a national
| standard. One way to point out the absurdity of their logic is to replace the
| reference to ODF with references to any other useful standard that a
| government might adopt, like electrical standards.
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http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/04/embrace-reality-and-logic-of-choice.html
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