IIT Bombay, Microsoft at loggerheads over standards - The Diigo Meta page

• 30 May 08
  

  Robert Sutor

  "The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, has taken strong objection to the fact that despite a "No" to OOXML by a majority of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) members, the software giant "continued to make representations to the top Indian leadership (read Ministry of Consumer Affairs), pressuring them to change the Indian vote"."

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• 28 May 08
  

  gibreel ferishta

  The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, has taken strong objection to the fact that despite a "No" to OOXML by a majority of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) members, the software giant "continued to make representations to the top Indian leadership (read Ministry of Consumer Affairs), pressuring them to change the Indian vote".
  
  The BIS represented India as a participating member of the ISO. Its LITD 15 committee — of which IIT-Bombay was a part — was responsible for examining OOXML and deciding on a "No" regarding India's position at the ISO.
  
  India's negative vote could make it difficult for Microsoft to get government business since governments worldwide, including India, are wary of holding digital data in proprietary formats.

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  • The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, has taken strong objection to the fact that despite a "No" to OOXML by a majority of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) members, the software giant "continued to make representations to the top Indian leadership (read Ministry of Consumer Affairs), pressuring them to change the Indian vote".  

    The BIS represented India as a participating member of the ISO. Its LITD 15 committee — of which IIT-Bombay was a part — was responsible for examining OOXML and deciding on a "No" regarding India's position at the ISO.  

    India's negative vote could make it difficult for Microsoft to get government business since governments worldwide, including India, are wary of holding digital data in proprietary formats.

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