04.21.08
Thank You, Norway, for Pictorial Memories
Thanks to Norway’s pursuit for justice we have just gathered a good set of photos to be used in future posts. They serve as colourful evidence of OOXML backlash. To avoid bandwidth-related slowdown, here are just a couple among those that we have ready.
The story about Norway was mentioned many times. In the past month alone it was covered in:
- Update on OOXML and Norway: How a Technical Panel of 7 Grew to 30!
- Steve Pepper Spills the Beans on MSOOXML in Norway
- Selected Reactions and EU Investigation of the OOXML Fiasco
- ISO Feels OK With Corruption, Officially Approves OOXML (Updated)
- Bye-Bye 'S' Oh-Oh!
- Is Microsoft's OOXML the “Greatest [of] Scam[s] of Computing History”?
- ISO Frozen. Too Much Corruption?
- Buying Consensus Short of Classical Bribery
- Does Microsoft Want to Kill ISO More Than Its Wants to Win an ISO?
- Microsoft's Latest OOXML Corruptions in Germany, Croatia, Norway
- A Look Back at OOXML BRM, Stacking, ISO's Admission of Failure
The posts above link to some older stories too, so there is a wealth of evidence. █
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. 
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. 
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. 
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. 
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. 
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy.