There is a petition you can sign... http://www.noooxml.org/
On 8/30/07, Michael Skiba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 30. August 2007 13:11 schrieb James Knott: > > > 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" > > > > Hopefully, someone in ISO will recognize this farce for what it is and > > stop it. > The problem is noone seems to care(or is happily willing to take an offer from > microsoft " a new Office Suit["to test OOXML"]? Or yet a whole PC with Vista > and Office software["to test OOXML"]? > > Actually I don't think someone in the ISO who has the power to stop it, will > interfere with it, I mean, hey everyone knows it, you can read it everywhere, > another example is the sold sweden: > http://www.pro-linux.de/news/2007/11650.html (German Again, sorry): > > It says that the swedish institude for standards(SIS), let in 23 companies in > the last minute(which didn't show any interest in discussing about OOXML, no > they just voted yes. Who wonders: they all where partners of Microsoft(execpt > google, who voted No). How could this happen? Well fairly easy, you just have > to pay 1.920€ to get a seat[17.000 Swedish Crowns] > > Just for the record: 34 parties took part in the vote: > 25 Yes > 6 No > 3 abstentioned > > Beside: After the suddenly appeared microsoft partners the opponents where > offered to leave the vote without paying the fee, if they wouldn't vote. Many > of the (not microsoft) companies left immediately under protest, among others > IBM. > > Btw. what have Brazil, China, India and South Africa in common? > you know it ;) (they've other things do than care about M$ money) > > Greetings from a depressed > Michael > > P.S.: Just google for it, there are enough English reports on it too :) > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
