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● 03.20.08

●● Microsoft Gold Partners and Their Sudden Awakening in Pakistan and Egypt

Posted in Africa, Asia, Europe, Formats, Microsoft, Open XML, Standard at 10:14 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Gold rush, courtesy of last-minute ‘representatives’

Have a look at these new findings.

=> ↺ at these new findings

We got indications that 2 P-members countries were stuffed with Microsoft Business Partners. Those two countries applied for P membership in late August and voted Yes without any comments. Don’t be surprised if they are out of reach for the European Commission.

Romania was mentioned in a similar context just days ago, but in Pakistan’s and Egypt’s cases it’s not entirely clear when Microsoft’s partners actually joined in. The next post will show why regardless of the time of joining, this is just plainly wrong.

=> mentioned in a similar context

Why would Pakistan and Egypt support OOXML anyway? They get pretty much excluded, or at least discriminated against.

=> pretty much excluded

On the positive side, Red Hat appears to have added this new page about ODF. It’s aptly titled “Liberate Your Documents”. █

=> ↺ this new page

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