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Open Source India: ISO/IEC and OOXML: The judge, the jury and the hangman
"Creating an alternate standards organization will be an exceedingly tough task, but standards are not an area where compromises can be tolerated. Standards govern our lives in a million different ways and the common man and woman deserve to have their standards created in an open, transparent manner that benefits everyone. Let me know what you think of the idea of creating an open standards organization for the benefit of the emerging economies."
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Microsoft pushes India toward Linux
"One of India's 28 states plans to distribute 100,000 Linux laptops to students there. ELCOT (Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited) apparently decided to use Linux exclusively after being put off by Microsoft's bundling tactics for academic users."
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InternetNews Realtime IT News - Can Microsoft Do the ISO Limbo?
"The South African appeal was all that was needed to suspend publication of OOXML – now known as IS2950 – as a bona fide standard until it is resolved. However, adding two more appeals with at least a few different issues to complain about will undoubtedly draw the process out."
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Microsoft Office Standard Challenged By India, Brazil, South Africa -- Microsoft -- InformationWeek
"In a letter, members of a Brazilian technical committee said the process that led to OOXML's ISO ratification was flawed, in part because not all participants were given enough time to make their views heard."
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OOXML revolt brewing? Three countries appeal ISO approval
"The OOXML controversy will apparently linger on in the aftermath of the ISO approval process and will likely continue to cast a cloud of uncertainty over Microsoft's format."
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IIT Bombay, Microsoft at loggerheads over standards
"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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World's Hottest Tech Markets Voted Against Microsoft OOXML -- Microsoft -- InformationWeek
"In an ominous sign for Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)'s growth prospects in emerging regions, countries that represent the world's fastest growing tech markets voted against accepting the company's latest Microsoft Office document format as an international standard."
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