Microsoft Bids To Take Over Open Document Format (Sunday 05th of October 2008 07:15:01 AM)
What about sends in a Groklaw alert warning that, by PJ's reading, Microsoft may be trying to
take over ODF via a stacked SC 34 committee. The article lists the attendees at an SC 34
meeting in July and gives their affiliations, which the official ...
(more)ISO Relevance Questioned After OOXML Appeals Fail (Wednesday 03rd of September 2008 10:30:01 PM)
Cowards unnamed passes along an Australian PCWorld piece that begins "Countries whose appeals
were dismissed concerning to the ISO/IEC's subscribe of Microsoft's OOXML as an international
measure are inquiring the judgment and relevance of the ISO/IEC ...
(more)Denmark Becomes Fourth Nation To Protest OOXML (Monday 02nd of June 2008 06:10:51 PM)
I Don't Believe in Imaginary estate writes "The rumors of a fourth OOXML grievance turned out
to be true. Denmark has become the fourth nation to protest the ISO's acceptance of OOXML, and
Groklaw has a translation of their complaint. They now join India, ...
(more)India Third to Appeal ISO's OOXML Approval (Saturday 31st of May 2008 05:00:03 PM)
I Don't Believe in Imaginary freehold writes "India is now the third country to appeal the
ISO's approval of OOXML, with their appeal arriving just before the time limit last night. as
it should be to rule to regulation to PC World, this makes OOXML ...
(more)South Africa Appeals ISO Decision On OOXML (Saturday 24th of May 2008 06:15:09 AM)
Mauritzhansen sends us a blog post by Steve Pepper, former chairwoman of the Norwegian
conforming to accepted a must bureau responsible for evaluating OOXML, reporting that the South
African subject conforming to accepted conforming to accepted called ...
(more)Unix Group Takes UK Standards Body To Court Over OOXML (Friday 02nd of May 2008 06:09:35 AM)
Superglaze writes "Halfway through the two-month window of shot* during which OOXML's ISO
standardization can be derailed by a formal objection from a subject a must body, the UK Unix
Users Group is trying to force the British obligatory Institution to ...
(more)ISO Takes Control Of OOXML (Monday 14th of April 2008 10:30:01 AM)
Mikkl666 writes "Alex Brown, head of the ISO work group responsible for OOXML, has posted a
summary of their latest meeting, and he also story on the resolutions discussed there. The
basic message is that ISO now has 'full responsibility for the standard,' ...
(more)OOXML Vote Tracker and Calculation Guide (Sunday 30th of March 2008 10:00:05 AM)
Andy Updegrove writes "The vote on Microsoft's OOXML closes today. The final result will not be
announced (or leak) before sometime early next week. Meanwhile the votes of individual
underdeveloped nations
notes:first world is industrialized (capitalist) ...
(more)India Votes Against OOXML (Sunday 23rd of March 2008 01:45:02 AM)
Harsha_c sends in a local Indian perspective on the vote against Microsoft's OOXML ahead of the
March 29 deadline. Of 19 companies participating, only 5 voted in favor of OOXML. "It was the
ultimate battle for control over global IT standard for conclusions ...
(more)Saving in OOXML Format Now Probably A Bad Idea (Thursday 24th of January 2008 03:45:12 AM)
Orlando writes "Much drama is polity prior to the OOXML Ballot energy Meeting in Geneva,
currently schedule for the end of February. After that there's a subsequent 30 day period while
minority groups can still change their vote. As a result, Bob Sutor ...
(more)Roadmap To the OOXML Process (Tuesday 15th of January 2008 04:15:03 PM)
I Don't Believe in Imaginary assets writes "With all the pieces floating around on OOXML, it's
been hard to get a good sense of where it is in the standardization process. Fortunately, IBM's
Rob Weir has a if us a road map. Today Microsoft is ...
(more)Microsoft's Influence On Upcoming ISO Vote (Tuesday 18th of December 2007 12:30:01 PM)
Christian.einfeldt writes "Microsoft has experienced some criticism for its handling of its bid
to have OOXML accepted as an ISO standard, including the use of budgeting incentives to affect
the Swedish national vote, which resulted in Sweden reversing ...
(more)MS Awarded "Best Campaigner Against OOXML" (Tuesday 02nd of October 2007 04:15:02 AM)
HansF writes "Microsoft itself is the marvel winner of the FFII's Kayak Prize 2007, offered by
the FFII in its call for veto
antonyms: acceptance of Microsoft's OOXML standards proposal.
The disk operating costs system monopolist is honored as 'Best ...
(more)NZ, Sweden, Hungary Reflect OOXML Turmoil (Thursday 30th of August 2007 06:45:05 PM)
A number of readers are sending news of the progress of Microsoft's attempt to get OOXML
standardized by ISO. First off, New Zealand has voted "no" on the question. In Sweden, after
the uproar following the "yes" vote there, a Microsoft representative ...
(more)Patent Threats In OOXML (Sunday 19th of August 2007 10:30:04 AM)
An anonymous reader notes an initiative by the New Zealand Open Source Society to weigh in on
the question of standardizing Microsoft's OOXML. The organization has authored a white paper
(available in several formats, HTML here) laying out the ways in ...
(more)OOXML Won't Get Fast-Track ISO Standardization (Monday 13th of August 2007 02:10:09 AM)
Realdodgeman writes "The International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
recently held an internal poll to determine the position that the United States should take on
Microsoft's request for Office Open XML (OOXML) approval. With ...
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