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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Roy Schestowitz newsgro...@schestowitz.com Date: Apr 14, 8:32 am Subject: Action Against ISO Sellout and Microsoft Rigging in India To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Candle Light Vigil for Document Freedom
,----[ Quote ] | The Candle light vigil demands India to appeal ISO approval of ooxml based on | its comments and no vote. We also demands the Department of IT to draft a | clear national policy for the use of Free standards for data storage. | | This programme is planned as a starting point for various events & awareness | campaigns on Document freedom. `----
http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Campaign_for_Document_Freedom#Candle_Light_...
Related:
An Open Letter to Wipro, Infosys and TCS
,----[ Quote ] | This letter is to express our deep disappointment over your open support to | the OOXML format forced through ISO by Microsoft. Being the top IT giants and | thus the representatives of the IT industry in the country, it is a great | shock to us that you do not stand with academia of the country and its | representatives like the IITs, IIMs and IISc in supporting the Open Document | Format (ODF) which is a true Free and Open Standard already recognised as an | ISO Standard. Considering that a major portion of your employees come from | such institutions, it is a wonder to us that you have decided to go ahead | with this decisions. `----
http://www.fossmeet.in/node/128
Microsoft wins Open XML vote, frowns at Indian panel
,----[ Quote ] | Industry experts said they were "unhappy" with the Microsoft which has almost | accused the committee of being packed with "open document format (ODF) | supporters". | | "I am very upset and uncomfortable with such complaints. In fact, the | chairperson of the committee (LITD 15) offered to step down over the | allegation," D.B. Phatak, professor at IIT Mumbai, told DNA Money. | | IIT Mumbai is a member of LITD 15, and Phatak was part of the deliberations | that have been taking place within IIT on the issue. | | Phatak said a Microsoft official was asked if it would withdraw the | complaint, but the company refused as the "complaint was made by some higher | officer in Microsoft". | | Jaijit Bhattacharya, country director of government strategy for Sun | Microsystems India, a company that has been at loggerheads with Microsoft for | years, talks in a similar vein. | | "I am surprised that such allegations are made against India's top academic | and government institutions ... such allegations lack credibility,' | Bhattacharya said. Venkatesh Hariharan, co-founder Open Source Foundation of | India said, "I am just amazed and shocked at the depths to which Microsoft is | willing to descend." | | He said Microsoft's complaint is a "great disservice to the committee, its | chairperson and the BIS". `----
http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=14636329
OOXML: decision time is nigh
,----[ Quote ] | Wipro, Infosys and TCS are the three big companies that accept business | process outsourcing from the American and other markets, hence their vote for | Microsoft is not a surprise at all. These are companies that maintain the | status quo, conservative to the core and willing to do the bidding of the | piper. Nasscom represents the interests of the bigger IT companies and it | probably had no choice but to fall in line. `----
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17353/1148/
Microsoft files complaint on OOXML vote to apex office and Ministry of Consumer Affairs
,----[ Quote ] | At the meeting held on 20th March 2008, we were informed that Microsoft has | complained to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and to the apex office of the | country about the constitution of the committee and also cast aspersions on | the impartiality of the chairperson of LITD15, Mrs. Neeta Verma. The | chairperson was furious and offered to step down from her post. She pointed | out that the committee has met numerous times and Microsoft never brought | this issue up in front of the committee nor did they check the facts with her | or her organization before complaining to the apex office. `----
http://osindia.blogspot.com/2008/03/microsoft-files-complaint-on-ooxm...
Should India change its vote No vote for OOXML? - please?
,----[ Quote ] | Well done to the Bureau of Indian Standards for standing firm against this | raging bully. Hopefully one day the bully will learn how to play fair and | contribute positively to the standards process, and not try to manipulate its | way in. | | Truly despicable behaviour. Shame on you, Microsoft, yet again. How will we | ever trust you? `----
http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/03/should-india-ch.html
Steve Ballmer was in India?
,----[ Quote ] | Interestingly, that was the day when BIS met to discuss OOXML. For those who | have been following this issue, India's final vote on the subject will be on | 20th May 2008. Talk about timing! `----
http://osindia.blogspot.com/2008/03/steve-ballmer-was-in-india.html
Microsoft influencing partner NGOs to support OOXML in India
,----[ Quote ] | Microsoft is encouraging its business partners to promote its Office Open XML | specification (OOXML) to the Indian Bureau of Standards (BIS) and Ministry of | IT. This move has incensed supporters of the rival OpenDocument Format (ODF) | who fear that the "soft" Indian state may not be able to stand up to | Microsoft pressure tactics. `----
http://www.linux.com/feature/128528
Microsoft India using NGOs to fake support for OOXML
http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-44038/microsoft-india-using-ngos-to-fa...
Becoming a better company: Microsoft helps NGOs in India
,----[ Quote ] | Of course, there has to be some trade-offs, because there should never be | free lunch, even for the ones who starve: Microsoft, according to this | article, has conditioned its help to Indian NGOs to their support of OOXML. | What the NGOs had to do was to send letters of support on OOXML to the | federal government of India. `----
http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/02/29/becoming-a-better...
Microsoft "persuades" NGOs to support OOXML
,----[ Quote ] | Our friends at Linux Delhi have put up a copy of the form letters that | Microsoft has been sending NGOs on the OOXML issue. Apparently, these NGOs | have been sending copies of these letters to the Ministry of IT and Bureau of | Indian standards. `----
http://osindia.blogspot.com/2008/02/microsoft-persuades-ngos-to-suppo...
Developers around the world, unite!
,----[ Quote ] | Monopoly and proprietary software have an advantage in influencing state and | governmental institutions because of their large market base and ready | capital. Unscrupulous ways of influencing state governments have persisted in | India, for example, where executives of proprietary software cajole | government heads to promote their brands in lieu of some form of charity | given. FLOSS activists must overcome this huge challenge in order to get | their philosophy accepted and model implemented for the good of people who | are still on the barren side of the digital divide. `----
http://thepost.com.pk/OpinionNews.aspx?dtlid=147277&catid=11
Using NGOs to Push Agendas
,----[ Quote ] | The extent to which Microsoft can go in its efforts to get OOXML is | interesting. Microsoft has "persuaded" several non-profit organizations to | bombard the Indian IT Secretary and the Additional Director General of the | Bureau of Indian Standards with letters supporting its OOXML proposal. A copy | of the form letter they have been circulating to NGOs is given below. | Somebody should interview these NGOs to see how much they really know about | OOXML and open standards. | | The sequence of events leading up to the spamming of GoI? is: | | Letter from an NGO thanking Microsoft (name changed to protect their | identity) `----
http://wiki.linux-delhi.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/OpenStandards/MsNgoLobby
Hi,
Viki, anivar and all the others who organised the event whom I do not knwo...
Very good work! It was nice to part of the spirit of freedom.
-s
-----Original Message----- From: fsug-bangalore-bounces@mm.gnu.org.in [mailto:fsug-bangalore-bounces@mm.gnu.org.in] On Behalf Of Anivar Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:52 PM To: Free Software Users Group - Bangalore Subject: [FSUG-Bangalore] Fwd: Action Against ISO Sellout and MicrosoftRigging in India
Congrats for making todays event a big success. Please upload all photos to Flickr and wiki with relevent tags and send your links here.
I am forwarding An interesting news clip collection Anivar
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Roy Schestowitz newsgro...@schestowitz.com Date: Apr 14, 8:32 am Subject: Action Against ISO Sellout and Microsoft Rigging in India To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Candle Light Vigil for Document Freedom
,----[ Quote ] | The Candle light vigil demands India to appeal ISO approval of ooxml based on | its comments and no vote. We also demands the Department of IT to draft a | clear national policy for the use of Free standards for data storage. | | This programme is planned as a starting point for various events & awareness | campaigns on Document freedom. `----
http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Campaign_for_Document_Freedom#Candle_Light_...
Related:
An Open Letter to Wipro, Infosys and TCS
,----[ Quote ] | This letter is to express our deep disappointment over your open support to | the OOXML format forced through ISO by Microsoft. Being the top IT giants and | thus the representatives of the IT industry in the country, it is a great | shock to us that you do not stand with academia of the country and its | representatives like the IITs, IIMs and IISc in supporting the Open Document | Format (ODF) which is a true Free and Open Standard already recognised as an | ISO Standard. Considering that a major portion of your employees come from | such institutions, it is a wonder to us that you have decided to go ahead | with this decisions. `----
http://www.fossmeet.in/node/128
Microsoft wins Open XML vote, frowns at Indian panel
,----[ Quote ] | Industry experts said they were "unhappy" with the Microsoft which has almost | accused the committee of being packed with "open document format (ODF) | supporters". | | "I am very upset and uncomfortable with such complaints. In fact, the | chairperson of the committee (LITD 15) offered to step down over the | allegation," D.B. Phatak, professor at IIT Mumbai, told DNA Money. | | IIT Mumbai is a member of LITD 15, and Phatak was part of the deliberations | that have been taking place within IIT on the issue. | | Phatak said a Microsoft official was asked if it would withdraw the | complaint, but the company refused as the "complaint was made by some higher | officer in Microsoft". | | Jaijit Bhattacharya, country director of government strategy for Sun | Microsystems India, a company that has been at loggerheads with Microsoft for | years, talks in a similar vein. | | "I am surprised that such allegations are made against India's top academic | and government institutions ... such allegations lack credibility,' | Bhattacharya said. Venkatesh Hariharan, co-founder Open Source Foundation of | India said, "I am just amazed and shocked at the depths to which Microsoft is | willing to descend." | | He said Microsoft's complaint is a "great disservice to the committee, its | chairperson and the BIS". `----
http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=14636329
OOXML: decision time is nigh
,----[ Quote ] | Wipro, Infosys and TCS are the three big companies that accept business | process outsourcing from the American and other markets, hence their vote for | Microsoft is not a surprise at all. These are companies that maintain the | status quo, conservative to the core and willing to do the bidding of the | piper. Nasscom represents the interests of the bigger IT companies and it | probably had no choice but to fall in line. `----
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17353/1148/
Microsoft files complaint on OOXML vote to apex office and Ministry of Consumer Affairs
,----[ Quote ] | At the meeting held on 20th March 2008, we were informed that Microsoft has | complained to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and to the apex office of the | country about the constitution of the committee and also cast aspersions on | the impartiality of the chairperson of LITD15, Mrs. Neeta Verma. The | chairperson was furious and offered to step down from her post. She pointed | out that the committee has met numerous times and Microsoft never brought | this issue up in front of the committee nor did they check the facts with her | or her organization before complaining to the apex office. `----
http://osindia.blogspot.com/2008/03/microsoft-files-complaint-on-ooxm...
Should India change its vote No vote for OOXML? - please?
,----[ Quote ] | Well done to the Bureau of Indian Standards for standing firm against this | raging bully. Hopefully one day the bully will learn how to play fair and | contribute positively to the standards process, and not try to manipulate its | way in. | | Truly despicable behaviour. Shame on you, Microsoft, yet again. How will we | ever trust you? `----
http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/03/should-india-ch.html
Steve Ballmer was in India?
,----[ Quote ] | Interestingly, that was the day when BIS met to discuss OOXML. For those who | have been following this issue, India's final vote on the subject will be on | 20th May 2008. Talk about timing! `----
http://osindia.blogspot.com/2008/03/steve-ballmer-was-in-india.html
Microsoft influencing partner NGOs to support OOXML in India
,----[ Quote ] | Microsoft is encouraging its business partners to promote its Office Open XML | specification (OOXML) to the Indian Bureau of Standards (BIS) and Ministry of | IT. This move has incensed supporters of the rival OpenDocument Format (ODF) | who fear that the "soft" Indian state may not be able to stand up to | Microsoft pressure tactics. `----
http://www.linux.com/feature/128528
Microsoft India using NGOs to fake support for OOXML
http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-44038/microsoft-india-using-ngos-to-fa...
Becoming a better company: Microsoft helps NGOs in India
,----[ Quote ] | Of course, there has to be some trade-offs, because there should never be | free lunch, even for the ones who starve: Microsoft, according to this | article, has conditioned its help to Indian NGOs to their support of OOXML. | What the NGOs had to do was to send letters of support on OOXML to the | federal government of India. `----
http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/02/29/becoming-a-better...
Microsoft "persuades" NGOs to support OOXML
,----[ Quote ] | Our friends at Linux Delhi have put up a copy of the form letters that | Microsoft has been sending NGOs on the OOXML issue. Apparently, these NGOs | have been sending copies of these letters to the Ministry of IT and Bureau of | Indian standards. `----
http://osindia.blogspot.com/2008/02/microsoft-persuades-ngos-to-suppo...
Developers around the world, unite!
,----[ Quote ] | Monopoly and proprietary software have an advantage in influencing state and | governmental institutions because of their large market base and ready | capital. Unscrupulous ways of influencing state governments have persisted in | India, for example, where executives of proprietary software cajole | government heads to promote their brands in lieu of some form of charity | given. FLOSS activists must overcome this huge challenge in order to get | their philosophy accepted and model implemented for the good of people who | are still on the barren side of the digital divide. `----
http://thepost.com.pk/OpinionNews.aspx?dtlid=147277&catid=11
Using NGOs to Push Agendas
,----[ Quote ] | The extent to which Microsoft can go in its efforts to get OOXML is | interesting. Microsoft has "persuaded" several non-profit organizations to | bombard the Indian IT Secretary and the Additional Director General of the | Bureau of Indian Standards with letters supporting its OOXML proposal. A copy | of the form letter they have been circulating to NGOs is given below. | Somebody should interview these NGOs to see how much they really know about | OOXML and open standards. | | The sequence of events leading up to the spamming of GoI? is: | | Letter from an NGO thanking Microsoft (name changed to protect their | identity) `----
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