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OOXML as a response
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| James D. Mason says:
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| I spent 22 years as the chairman of what is now ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34. SC34
| is the committee that standardized SGML in the 1980s and now is
| responsible for both ODF, supported by many open-source products, and
| OOXML, the XML released by Microsoft in response to ODF. Neither ODF nor
| OOXML has anything to do with ODA/ODIF, which have been dormant since the
| turn of the current century but were still under development in the 1990s
| in a committee that was parallel to the one that became SC34.
|
| Our past analysis: OOXML is a response. Thank you very much for the
| confirmation. Stronger language from Mason found in this article
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http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-179085/ooxml-as-a-response
Related:
Malaysia seen as top market for open-source convergence
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| Malaysia is a leading adopter of open-source convergence software, according
| to key speakers at the AsterConference 2008, held recently in Kuala Lumpur.
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http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/09/22/malaysia-seen-top-market-open-source-convergence
Let's complain about Microsoft restricting choice in the market (part deux)
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| Yoon Kit wrote about being forced to pay the Microsoft tax when buying
| computers from computer manufacturers (eg Dell). I submitted a complaint to
| the Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Affairs and received an official
| acknowledgment from the ministry that the Penang branch office will
| investigate the complaint.
|
| I strongly urge everybody who uses non-Microsoft operating systems on their
| computers bought from Dell or any other manufacturers to write in through the
| web interface and make an official complaint. Make your voices heard so that
| we can stop being forced to pay for software we don't use!
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http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/09/lets-complain-a.html
OpenOffice.org deployed in Malaysian Schools
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| Just announced today (27 August 2008), The Malaysian Administrative
| Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) and the Ministry of
| Education (MoE) are working with the State Government of Terengganu to
| further increase the adoption of Open Source Software in government and
| schools. This is announced at the "Open Source Software Seminar for
| Accelerated Adpotion" held at Wisma Darul Iman, Terengganu.
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http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/08/openofficeorg-d.html
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