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OOXML Incidents Index: From [H]ungary to [J]ordan
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According to the following new article, we have until Thursday to ensure more national bodies join the voice of South Africa with its formal complaint.
South Africa is the first country to have made public its appeal. Other national standards bodies that took part have until May 29 to appeal the decision.
You can help by contacting your standards body and encouraging it to endorse the message from South Africa. We continue to share past incidents, country by country.
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Hungary (Phone: +36 1 456 68 00):
- Update on OOXML and Norway: How a Technical Panel of 7 Grew to 30!
- ISO Frozen. Too Much Corruption?
- Last-minute OOXML Games: Spot the Misconduct
- Quick Mention: Norway Favours OpenDocument Format in Government (Updated)
- Quick Mention: The Programmer’s Advantage in ODF, OOXML Coverage from Hungary
- Off Topic: Microsoft Crime/Dirty Tricks Watch (Updated)
- Ireland, Korea, and the United Kingdom Don’t Fall for the (Supposedly) ‘Open’ XML Plot
- OOXML Watch: Poland and Hungary Allegedly Influenced by the Microsoft Money
- OOXML in Norway, Denmark, and Poland… Looking More Closely at the Stories (Updated)
- Today is the Day — The Day the World Will Learn That Crime Pays
- The Latest News on the Microsoft OOXML Fiasco (Updated)
- Has Microsoft Just ‘Pulled a Hungary’ on OOXML Voting in Poland? (Updated)
- This Just in: Sweden’s Vote on OOXML Nullified Due to That So-called ”Bribery” Incident (Updatedx3)
- OOXML Watch: Sweden’s OOXML Fiasco Representative of the Norm?
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Iceland (Phone: +354 520 71 50):
India (Phone: +91 11 23 23 79 91):
- OOXML in India: Bullying of Critics, Even Professors
- Microsoft Goes Viral in Kerala, the Land of Free Software
- OOXML Protests Are Back, Lots of ODF FUD Seen Abound (Updatedx2)
- India’s Continued Fight for Standards and Against OOXML
- Wipro, Infosys and TCS Under Fire for Blind, Self-serving Endorsement of Monopolisation
- Microsoft’s Latest Smear Campaign: ‘Disobedient’ Chairperson in India Targeted
- Despite Rigging, The World’s Population Said “No” to OOXML
- When You Know That Microsoft Has Formally Hijacked Open Source
- Microsoft’s Letters from the ‘Dead’ Tactics Return (Yet Again)
- Clannish Grouping Makes Tribal Elections (ISO and OOXML)
- Pro-OOXML Tactic #99: When You Lose, Start Bullying
- Standards for Uncertainty and Moving Goalposts
- Behind the OOXML “No” Vote in India Remains a Fiasco
- Who Voted “Yes” for OOXML in India Anyway?
- Keeping Abreast of Microsoft’s Latest Lies About OOXML
- OOXML Defeated Easily in India; Microsoft in Hot Water in New Zealand Over Smear Campaign
- More Microsoft OOXML Dirty Tricks: PR Lies
- Bill Gates Greases Up Politicians Again, Just Ahead of OOXML Vote
- Technical Flaws in OOXML and Technical Flaws in ISO (When Subjected to Sheer Abuse)
- Microsoft’s OOXML Scandal in India and the Legal Issues Ahead
- Microsoft May Have Bribed India for OOXML Pressure
- Microsoft’s “Letters from the Dead” Tactic Isn’t Quite Dead Yet
- OOXML Has Software Patent Problems; Iffy OOXML Business in India Again
- Microsoft’s OOXML Cornered by Antitrust Regulators, Call for Harmonisation
- When They Don’t Want Microsoft, Microsoft Will Pay Them to Want It…
- OpenDocument Wins While Microsoft Spins
- How Microsoft Operates in China and Parts of Asia
- Microsoft Puppet (Frost & Sullivan) Praises ‘Intellectual Property’, Novell’s Patent Deal
- More Arrogance Found in OOXML
- A Reader’s Take on the Dangers of Software Patents and Microsoft’s Role
- Quick Mention: The OOXML Scam Begins to Bear Fruit
- ISO Reform Demanded, OpenISO Formed by Norbert Bollow (Updated)
- The Second ”O” in OOXML Stands for ”Oligarchy”, Not ”Open”
- The Latest News on the Microsoft OOXML Fiasco (Updated)
- Dissecting Microsoft’s OOXML/ODF Strategy
- OOXML Watch: Sweden’s OOXML Fiasco Representative of the Norm?
- OOXML ‘Corruption Train’ Arriving at Sweden (Updated)
- OOXML: Security Flaw Found, Microsoft Lies About It Again, African Revolt Against It, and ISO in Great Danger
- Steve Ballmer Makes Phonecalls to Flip Those Votes in Favour of Monopoly (Updated: China Says “NO”)
- OOXML: Deception, Lies, FUD, Apple & Germany Become Microsoft Tools
- ODF/OOXML Watch: Brazil and India Say “No” to OOXML, Microsoft Lobbying Intensified (Updated)
- Playing a Standards War Using the Language of Money
- Things Might Get Litigious as Microsoft Gets Aggressive and ISO ‘Bought Out’
- Are Real Standards Hard to Come By When Money is Involved? (Updated)
- Finland and New Zealand’s Fight Against Vendor Lockin; IBM Set to Release Lotus 8 with ODF Support on Friday
- Document Formats Watch — “For the Love of God, Think about the Children (and Consumers)”
- Has OOXML ‘Funny Business’ Already Reached Australia and India?
- India to Weigh in on Real Standards and ‘Monopoly Enablers’
- More Document Formats Coverage (Updatedx2)
- More Pseudo-grassroots Support for OOXML, Novell Passively Accepts It (Updated)
A reader from India added:
Indonesia (Phone: +62 21 574 70 43-44):
Iran (Phone: +98 261 280 60 31-8):
Iraq (Phone: +964 1 776 19 80):
- ECMA’s and Microsoft’s Mistake in Geneva
- Things Might Get Litigious as Microsoft Gets Aggressive and ISO ‘Bought Out’
Ireland (Phone: +353 1 807 38 00):
- OOXML Scandals: Danish Parliament Steps Up, Ireland Under Scrutiny Also
- Updates on Microsoft OOXML in the UK and South Africa
- Geneva BRM: Microsoft Puppet Show, Invite-only
- Early Signs That Geneva’s BRM on OOXML Cannot be Trusted
- The ISO is Replaced by Microsoft, Long Live ISO
- BRM: Bribery Reinforces Monopoly
- Microsoft ‘Pulls a Portugal’ in Ireland (Microsoft to Decide on… Microsoft)
- Ireland, Korea, and the United Kingdom Don’t Fall for the (Supposedly) ‘Open’ XML Plot
Israel (Phone: +972 3 646 51 00):
- A Look Back at OOXML BRM, Stacking, ISO’s Admission of Failure
- How Microsoft Operates in China and Parts of Asia
- Things Might Get Litigious as Microsoft Gets Aggressive and ISO ‘Bought Out’
Italy (Phone: +39 02 70 02 41):
- A Look Back at OOXML BRM, Stacking, ISO’s Admission of Failure
- ECMA and Microsoft Ignore (’Dust Off’) Italy’s OOXML Concerns
- BRM: Bribery Reinforces Monopoly
- Korea Chooses OpenDocument Format
- Losing Your Job for Opposing a Monopoly Abuser? (Lassi Nirhamo)
- The Latest News on the Microsoft OOXML Fiasco (Updated)
- OOXML Suffers Setbacks, Too
- European Commission Might Finally Intervene and Investigate Abuse
- Voters on OOXML Up for ‘Hire’ in Italy (Updated)
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Jamaica (Phone: +1 876 926 31 40-5):
- Quick Mention: Pieter Hintjens’s Digistan Identifies OOXML-GDP Links
- OpenDocument News: ODF at Sun, Google, IBM, and Novell
- The Second ”O” in OOXML Stands for ”Oligarchy”, Not ”Open”
- You Lose, You Lie
Japan (Phone: +81 3 35 01 94 71):
- OOXML Roundup: Complaints, Competition, Cracks and Complacency
- Microsoft OOXML Pollutes More Than Just Document Formats
- A Look Back at OOXML BRM, Stacking, ISO’s Admission of Failure
- How Microsoft Operates in China and Parts of Asia
- Korea Chooses OpenDocument Format
- OOXML? Not Any Time Soon, Says Sutor.
- It’s OpenDocument All the Way for Holland (and Other Office Suites News)
- Australia Changes Mind on OOXML, Brazil and New Zealand Explain Why OOXML is Bad
- Lobbying for OOXML in Africa, Which Apparently Dislikes Microsoft and Novell
- OOXML/ODF Watch: FFII’s Pieter Hintjens, Sun’s Michael Brauer, and IBM’s Bob Sutor
- India to Weigh in on Real Standards and ‘Monopoly Enablers’
- Microsoft Loses Its Battle for Lock-in (OOXML) in South Africa (Updated)
- Japan Chooses Openness, FSF Challenges OOXML, and South Africa to Decide on Document Formats (Corrected+Updated)
- TurboLinux Joins Hands with Microsoft on OOXML (Updated)
Jordan (Phone: +962 6 568 03 16):
- ECMA’s and Microsoft’s Mistake in Geneva
- Things Might Get Litigious as Microsoft Gets Aggressive and ISO ‘Bought Out’
- OOXML = Our Way or No Way; Spain Says “Adios, OOXML”
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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.
Paolo Benvenuto said,
May 27, 2008 at 8:37 am
I’m an italian, and I called today UNISO, which was delegated by italian body UNI to represent Italy in the ISO body.
A functionary told me the following:
1. Italy abstained in the 29500 votation because couldn’t get a consensus among its members about the MS standard. Actually UNISO members are equally distribuited among Microsoft’s and IBM’s areas, and for this reason Italy voted “abstained”.
2. They don’t know anything about South Africa complain. The persons told me that from the ISO they haven’t received any communication yet about that.
3. Anyway, because of the abstain cast, UNISO isn’t going to say nothing in this stuff.
4. UNISO is participating in the process of getting a better 29500 standard.
5. Italian government hasn’t expressed anything about the whole question, delegating totally to UNISO.
I think we should at least ask our government to express Italy’s point of view about this question.
Roy Schestowitz said,
May 27, 2008 at 10:57 am
It is worth emphasising that IBM has absolutely nothing to do with this.
Microsoft went out of its way to characterise it as an IBM vs Microsoft case.