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● 04.09.08

●● Norway’s Protest Against Microsoft Abuse Goes More Public (Updated)

Posted in Europe, ISO, Microsoft, OpenDocument, OpenOffice at 11:05 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

The protests against OOXML in Norway were mentioned on a few occasions recently [1, 2, 3]. It appears as though they earned the media attention they had sought.

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To be perfectly clear here, the protests are not against the national policy, which at the moment favours ODF, but against corruption, of which there is plenty of supporting evidence, e.g. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]. A better and more recent roundup you will find here or here.

=> 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | here | here

Finally appears at least one major article about the new protest. [via Groklaw]

=> ↺ one major article about the new protest

OSLO, Norway: Roughly 60 data experts staged a rare and noisy street demonstration in downtown Oslo on Wednesday to protest the adoption of Microsoft Corp.’s document format as an international standard and against Norway voting for the move.

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He claimed the committee ignored the advice of the vast majority of the Nordic nation’s software experts, was pressured by Microsoft and displayed “scandalous behavior.”

Here is a gallery of photos from the protest. There is some more information including the speech and photos right here.

=> ↺ a gallery of photos from the protest | ↺ right here

There are some developments elsewhere in Europe. A few hours ago we wrote about the BSI. Here is the more formal page which touches on this issue. Even a week after the awful decision, people continue to pursue justice, proving that time did not heal Microsoft’s wounds. █

=> about the BSI | ↺ more formal page | the awful decision

Update: here is some more media coverage of the protest in Norway. Simon Phipps writes about it also.

=> ↺ some more media coverage of the protest in Norway | ↺ writes about it

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