That is, if legal stuff would be simple. It isnt. On 2 September 2007, ISO national bodies voted on Ecma 376, "OOXML". The ISO secretariat has decided to move forward with a Ballot Resolution Meeting in February 2008 to make the final decision. Microsoft got to pass with 19 "difficulties" round one (fasttrack OOXML) and lost round two (vote on OOXML), and now the fight moves to round three, the definitive one.
From February 25 to 29, 2008, national boards will meet in Geneva to discuss and vote finally on OOXML. If your country is not present, it won't have a say in the final result. They need to submit a delegation list by December 11. Remember 3 weeks back, the Duth passed a law that said: All government agencies must use an open standard? M$ reply: We will be by February. If they dont pass the vote, they are out of Dutch government. (tiny country, but eh, its a start.) On Monday 14 January 2008 16:20:38 Ernest - (AfriNIC) wrote: > The ISO rejected Microsoft's ooxml long ago. > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136711-c,techindustrytrends/article.html > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39289089,00.htm > http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Microsoft-Office-Open-XML-rejected-as-standard/0,130061733,339280162,00.htm > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070904-iso-votes-against-fast-tracking-microsofts-office-open-xml.html > > eb > > Reinier Battenberg wrote thus on 1/14/08 5:05 PM: > > For those of you who would like a world where you can choose which office > > application to use to create documents that everybody can read and write, > > here is your chance to do something: > > > > http://www.noooxml.org/petition > > > > (If you read through the list of arguments, you wonder why a petition is > > needed in the first place.) > > > > > -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 782 801 749 www.mountbatten.net _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
