● 05.26.08
●● OOXML Incidents Index: From [H]ungary to [J]ordan
Posted in Africa, Asia, Europe, ISO, Microsoft, Open XML at 1:27 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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A-C | OOXML Incidents Index: From Algeria to Czech RepublicD-G | OOXML Incidents Index: From [D]enmark to [G]reeceK-N | OOXML Incidents Index: From [K]enya to [N]orwayO-S | OOXML Incidents Index: From [P]akistan to [S]yriaT-Z | OOXML Incidents Index: From [T]hailand to [V]ietnamBackground information
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According to the following new article, we have until Thursday to ensure more national bodies join the voice of South Africa with its formal complaint.
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South Africa is the first country to have made public its appeal. Other national standards bodies that took part have until May 29 to appeal the decision.
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You can help by contacting your standards body and encouraging it to endorse the message from South Africa. We continue to share past incidents, country by country.
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Hungary (Phone: +36 1 456 68 00):
Update on OOXML and Norway: How a Technical Panel of 7 Grew to 30!ISO Frozen. Too Much Corruption?Last-minute OOXML Games: Spot the MisconductQuick Mention: Norway Favours OpenDocument Format in Government (Updated)Quick Mention: The Programmer’s Advantage in ODF, OOXML Coverage from HungaryOff Topic: Microsoft Crime/Dirty Tricks Watch (Updated)Ireland, Korea, and the United Kingdom Don’t Fall for the (Supposedly) ‘Open’ XML PlotOOXML Watch: Poland and Hungary Allegedly Influenced by the Microsoft MoneyOOXML in Norway, Denmark, and Poland… Looking More Closely at the Stories (Updated)Today is the Day — The Day the World Will Learn That Crime PaysThe Latest News on the Microsoft OOXML Fiasco (Updated)Has Microsoft Just ‘Pulled a Hungary’ on OOXML Voting in Poland? (Updated)This Just in: Sweden’s Vote on OOXML Nullified Due to That So-called ”Bribery” Incident (Updatedx3)OOXML Watch: Sweden’s OOXML Fiasco Representative of the Norm?
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Iceland (Phone: +354 520 71 50):
OOXML and Iceland (Video)
India (Phone: +91 11 23 23 79 91):
OOXML in India: Bullying of Critics, Even ProfessorsMicrosoft Goes Viral in Kerala, the Land of Free SoftwareOOXML Protests Are Back, Lots of ODF FUD Seen Abound (Updatedx2)India’s Continued Fight for Standards and Against OOXMLWipro, Infosys and TCS Under Fire for Blind, Self-serving Endorsement of MonopolisationMicrosoft’s Latest Smear Campaign: ‘Disobedient’ Chairperson in India TargetedDespite Rigging, The World’s Population Said “No” to OOXMLWhen You Know That Microsoft Has Formally Hijacked Open SourceMicrosoft’s Letters from the ‘Dead’ Tactics Return (Yet Again)Clannish Grouping Makes Tribal Elections (ISO and OOXML)Pro-OOXML Tactic #99: When You Lose, Start BullyingStandards for Uncertainty and Moving GoalpostsBehind the OOXML “No” Vote in India Remains a FiascoWho Voted “Yes” for OOXML in India Anyway?Keeping Abreast of Microsoft’s Latest Lies About OOXMLOOXML Defeated Easily in India; Microsoft in Hot Water in New Zealand Over Smear CampaignMore Microsoft OOXML Dirty Tricks: PR LiesBill Gates Greases Up Politicians Again, Just Ahead of OOXML VoteTechnical Flaws in OOXML and Technical Flaws in ISO (When Subjected to Sheer Abuse)Microsoft’s OOXML Scandal in India and the Legal Issues AheadMicrosoft May Have Bribed India for OOXML PressureMicrosoft’s “Letters from the Dead” Tactic Isn’t Quite Dead YetOOXML Has Software Patent Problems; Iffy OOXML Business in India AgainMicrosoft’s OOXML Cornered by Antitrust Regulators, Call for HarmonisationWhen They Don’t Want Microsoft, Microsoft Will Pay Them to Want It…OpenDocument Wins While Microsoft SpinsHow Microsoft Operates in China and Parts of AsiaMicrosoft Puppet (Frost & Sullivan) Praises ‘Intellectual Property’, Novell’s Patent DealMore Arrogance Found in OOXMLA Reader’s Take on the Dangers of Software Patents and Microsoft’s RoleQuick Mention: The OOXML Scam Begins to Bear FruitISO Reform Demanded, OpenISO Formed by Norbert Bollow (Updated)The Second ”O” in OOXML Stands for ”Oligarchy”, Not ”Open”The Latest News on the Microsoft OOXML Fiasco (Updated)Dissecting Microsoft’s OOXML/ODF StrategyOOXML Watch: Sweden’s OOXML Fiasco Representative of the Norm?OOXML ‘Corruption Train’ Arriving at Sweden (Updated)OOXML: Security Flaw Found, Microsoft Lies About It Again, African Revolt Against It, and ISO in Great DangerSteve Ballmer Makes Phonecalls to Flip Those Votes in Favour of Monopoly (Updated: China Says “NO”)OOXML: Deception, Lies, FUD, Apple & Germany Become Microsoft ToolsODF/OOXML Watch: Brazil and India Say “No” to OOXML, Microsoft Lobbying Intensified (Updated)Playing a Standards War Using the Language of MoneyThings Might Get Litigious as Microsoft Gets Aggressive and ISO ‘Bought Out’Are Real Standards Hard to Come By When Money is Involved? (Updated)Finland and New Zealand’s Fight Against Vendor Lockin; IBM Set to Release Lotus 8 with ODF Support on FridayDocument Formats Watch — “For the Love of God, Think about the Children (and Consumers)”Has OOXML ‘Funny Business’ Already Reached Australia and India?India to Weigh in on Real Standards and ‘Monopoly Enablers’More Document Formats Coverage (Updatedx2)More Pseudo-grassroots Support for OOXML, Novell Passively Accepts It (Updated)
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Indonesia (Phone: +62 21 574 70 43-44):
How Microsoft Operates in China and Parts of Asia
Iran (Phone: +98 261 280 60 31-8):
Quick Mention: More OOXML Issues Named and Explained
Iraq (Phone: +964 1 776 19 80):
ECMA’s and Microsoft’s Mistake in GenevaThings Might Get Litigious as Microsoft Gets Aggressive and ISO ‘Bought Out’
Ireland (Phone: +353 1 807 38 00):
OOXML Scandals: Danish Parliament Steps Up, Ireland Under Scrutiny AlsoUpdates on Microsoft OOXML in the UK and South AfricaGeneva BRM: Microsoft Puppet Show, Invite-onlyEarly Signs That Geneva’s BRM on OOXML Cannot be TrustedThe ISO is Replaced by Microsoft, Long Live ISOBRM: Bribery Reinforces MonopolyMicrosoft ‘Pulls a Portugal’ in Ireland (Microsoft to Decide on… Microsoft)Ireland, Korea, and the United Kingdom Don’t Fall for the (Supposedly) ‘Open’ XML Plot
Israel (Phone: +972 3 646 51 00):
A Look Back at OOXML BRM, Stacking, ISO’s Admission of FailureHow Microsoft Operates in China and Parts of AsiaThings Might Get Litigious as Microsoft Gets Aggressive and ISO ‘Bought Out’
Italy (Phone: +39 02 70 02 41):
A Look Back at OOXML BRM, Stacking, ISO’s Admission of FailureECMA and Microsoft Ignore (‘Dust Off’) Italy’s OOXML ConcernsBRM: Bribery Reinforces MonopolyKorea Chooses OpenDocument FormatLosing Your Job for Opposing a Monopoly Abuser? (Lassi Nirhamo)The Latest News on the Microsoft OOXML Fiasco (Updated)OOXML Suffers Setbacks, TooEuropean Commission Might Finally Intervene and Investigate AbuseVoters on OOXML Up for ‘Hire’ in Italy (Updated)
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Jamaica (Phone: +1 876 926 31 40-5):
Quick Mention: Pieter Hintjens’s Digistan Identifies OOXML-GDP LinksOpenDocument News: ODF at Sun, Google, IBM, and NovellThe Second ”O” in OOXML Stands for ”Oligarchy”, Not ”Open”You Lose, You Lie
Japan (Phone: +81 3 35 01 94 71):
OOXML Roundup: Complaints, Competition, Cracks and ComplacencyMicrosoft OOXML Pollutes More Than Just Document FormatsA Look Back at OOXML BRM, Stacking, ISO’s Admission of FailureHow Microsoft Operates in China and Parts of AsiaKorea Chooses OpenDocument FormatOOXML? Not Any Time Soon, Says Sutor.It’s OpenDocument All the Way for Holland (and Other Office Suites News)Australia Changes Mind on OOXML, Brazil and New Zealand Explain Why OOXML is BadLobbying for OOXML in Africa, Which Apparently Dislikes Microsoft and NovellOOXML/ODF Watch: FFII’s Pieter Hintjens, Sun’s Michael Brauer, and IBM’s Bob SutorIndia to Weigh in on Real Standards and ‘Monopoly Enablers’Microsoft Loses Its Battle for Lock-in (OOXML) in South Africa (Updated)Japan Chooses Openness, FSF Challenges OOXML, and South Africa to Decide on Document Formats (Corrected+Updated)TurboLinux Joins Hands with Microsoft on OOXML (Updated)
Jordan (Phone: +962 6 568 03 16):
ECMA’s and Microsoft’s Mistake in GenevaThings Might Get Litigious as Microsoft Gets Aggressive and ISO ‘Bought Out’OOXML = Our Way or No Way; Spain Says “Adios, OOXML”
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