Fajar Priyanto wrote: > Hello all, > Sorry for the OT. > Although I have been 'freed' from M$ oppression for several years now, my > formal stance on it is quite 'neutral'. Like the saying in IT, "It's all just > a tool for IT man, doesn't really matter whether it is FLOSS or M$'. > > But, now I've just found out how DIRTY M$ is in doing their business. > For the last couple of days, they have been lobbying our National > Standardization Board to make M$ OXML as the national standard. > > So far the voting reach a deadlock, meaning that M$ OXML is still rejected as > the national standard. However, seeing how DIRTY M$ is, the next voting is > still makes us worried. > > Has this kind of DIRTY POLITICS happens in other countries regarding ODF > (Open > Document Format) vs M$ OXML? How do we deal with it? http://www.noooxml.org/ > > As a positive point of view, I think it is an early sign that they have lost > confidence in competing technically, and thus they're using this kind > of "DIRTY" lobbying. > > Cheers, > For lots more info, go to Groklaw http://groklaw.net .
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