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,
>   
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