On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Nagarjuna G. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now, we have the full details of who are the people who voted in favor, > those agencies which Indian Govt. calls the IT community organizations: find > out for yourslef from the report, and MS's press statement. > > http://www.tech2.com/india/news/software/breaking-news-indias-final-vote-on-ms-office-file-standard-is-no/32081/0 > > we have to learn to treat these organizations with respect! > > Nagarjuna > Most indian services companies are big microsoft shops so it not surprising they voted in favor.
The thing to watch ( and learn ) is the spin MS puts on things ... [quote] We hoped that 98.73% of the total 1027 comments from all National Bodies stood resolved at the BRM would be welcomed by the BIS, as it has been by the National Bodies of numerous countrie [/quote] If I interpret the above statement it could mean two things 1. they _hope_ 98.73% of the objections to be resolved. " When" would be a good question then. 2. 98.73 % are already resolved and the remaining will never be resolved. And if I remember their earlier spins a no means a yes in the bizzare MS vote world so the entire statistics quote is a BS. i.e they interpret "no with comment" as a yes. I seriously admire their PR dept for their masterly spins. regards, C -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
