On Thursday 30 August 2007 04:00, Michael Skiba wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 30. August 2007 03:44 schrieb James Knott: > > SOTL wrote: > > > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2007082918292633 > > > > I find the stories about MS stuffing the ISO ballot box to be more > > interesting, such as 37 identical letters sent to the Norwegian > > committee. Or how MS bought so many members on Sweden's committee etc. > > It's not a secret that they do that, German DIN got sold out too, which > makes me very sad about my country :(
DIN was good, you're right, it's a pity. > > For some German background infos from heise: > http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/94766 > "As "bizzare" and "curious" describe insiders, while Microsoft welcomes > this decision" > Many of them works directly for Microsoft or for companies which works > for/with microsoft (not to mention that two of them were from companies > that develop an "Open-XML-Translator" for Microsoft). > At the end only IBM, SUN, the foreign department and the inner department > for no.IMHO it's especially interesting, that only the parties that are > completly independent from microsoft voted for no. > > The German Telekom and Google, which wanted to participate(and guess what > they would have voted for..), where cut out :/ > > Greetings > Michael -- Fergus Wilde Chetham's Library Long Millgate Manchester M3 1SB Tel: 0161 834 7961 Fax: 0161 839 5797 http://www.chethams.org.uk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
