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The Australian Government has released a [...] policy that [...] mandates the ECMA-376 version of Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) standard and productivity suites that can 'read and write' the .docx format, effectively locking the country's public servants into using Microsoft Office. The policy also appears to limit desktop operating systems to large, off-the-shelf commercial offerings at the expense of smaller distributions.
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by: ggiedke 19 Jan 2011 12:53 |
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Office 2010 support of Open XML embarasses Alex Brown.
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by: arebenti 02 Apr 2010 17:13 |
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Microsoft launches huge propaganda campaign in Romania, to promote Windows 7 and lower piracy rate among private individuals...
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by: rsandu 19 Sep 2009 09:00 |
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software
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by: manojjangid 28 May 2009 00:16 |
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Eliberatica 2009 is about to begin. Maybe it's time to make the Romanian public aware of the OOXML corruption scandal and the importance of real standards?
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by: rsandu 30 Mar 2009 18:10 |
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covered in detail on Groklaw - Guess what the SC 34 committee, the ISO/IEC committee responsible for OOXML, is up to now? I call it a takeover attempt of ODF[...]
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by: Adi 02 Oct 2008 16:28 |
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Physical meetings are the ISO way to exclude participation. Don't expect public online discussions on how HP and Microsoft will change the ISO rules for Fast Track. Mr ECMA has already been the responsible person to change the ISO Fast Track rules in 2006, remember?
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by: zoobab 26 Aug 2008 13:47 |
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A rejection means that the ISO 29500 could be published and set into effect unless further complaints are launched. Yet another possibility to study the way ISO works.
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by: arebenti 15 Aug 2008 13:57 |
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NATO seems to include ODF among its mandatory standards.
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by: rsandu 21 Jul 2008 11:50 |
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SC34 is on the way to try to keep the OOXML train going on, despite the appeals. When does OOXML will stop wasting the time of everybody? Hopefully SC34 and ISO runs on well paid volunteers.
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by: zoobab 04 Jul 2008 15:47 |
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ECMA rewriting the ISO Fast Track rules to better serve their customer has lead to the OOXML storm. Islands and desert nations were used to get the quota. Time for reform for the ISO dinosaur?
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by: zoobab 04 Jul 2008 14:52 |
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A new law is in preparation for the European citizens, that will allow them to filter and inspect your IP traffic and require you to use "trusted" applications
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by: rsandu 03 Jul 2008 17:38 |
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A few details about the partnership between the Romanian government and Microsoft have been published.
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by: rsandu 09 May 2008 07:33 |
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In '04 Hugo Lueders' messages were getting sour. Still some bloggers argue with the self-proclaimed representative of the electrical industry.
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by: podmokle 05 May 2008 22:14 |
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"No, no, there are no problems in Norway" tells the Standards Body to the EU Commission. The Standards Body did not even noticed the 37 letters of Microsoft Business Partners.
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by: zoobab 04 Apr 2008 15:52 |
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Microsoft pays taxes in India
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by: rsandu 02 Apr 2008 19:38 |
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Unbelievable: Norway contests its own vote at ISO
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by: rsandu 01 Apr 2008 06:50 |
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The chairman of the Norwegian standards committee responsible for evaluating OOXML sent a formal protest regarding the Norwegian vote
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by: Anoko 31 Mar 2008 23:15 |
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How to follow the international vote
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by: rsandu 28 Mar 2008 18:23 |
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The Chairwomen of the Technical Committee in Poland rewrite the voting rules in favor of the company of Redmond, and distributes propaganda written by Microsoft Netherlands. That's when the polish sausages begins to smoke.
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by: zoobab 27 Mar 2008 16:17 |
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