On Monday 31 March 2008 01:16 pm, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: > > The standard operating process of Microsoft has been: > > a) Stuff the committee with supporters (as happened in Pakistan and > other countries) > b) If that doesn't work and the committee says NO to OOXML then > c) Complain to the ministries under which the committee works, > threaten to withdraw investment, get proxies to file complaints > etc. > In India, I hear that they raised the issue with the Prime > Minister's Office and the PM called for a meeting on this issue on > Thursday. Apparently, the head of one of the software export houses > (a VERY respected person) also sent a fax supporting OOXML *after* > the committee had given its decision, trying to overturn India's NO > vote.
Probably the same one who said that multiple standards are good for the public and promotes competition. I wonder if he is getting senile. > Someone should ask whether these companies represent India's > interests on the BIS committee or are they protecting their dollar > revenues? The $ countries have already voted yes. It is local competition for big central / state government contracts that specify iso standards WITHOUT M$ patented DIS(functional)25000. The final outcome is likely to be yes in the ISO, given corrupt M$ practices. And the public will be fattening the beast for the next 15 years, like they did for the last 15, with their hard earned money. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
