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Nations alphabetically sorted, starting with more recent posts and including some redundancy.
These readings, which contains bits and references to countries at hand, hopefully provide enough substance for complaints to be made.
Algeria (Phone: +213 21 64 20 75):
ECMA’s and Microsoft’s Mistake in GenevaThings Might Get Litigious as Microsoft Gets Aggressive and ISO ‘Bought Out’OOXML = Our Way or No Way; Spain Says “Adios, OOXML”
Argentina (Phone: +54 11 43 46 06 02):
OpenDocument Format Already a Winner in Brazil, Philippines Named for OOXML IrregularitiesWhat Makes Novell the Black Sheep of the Free Software UniverseQuick Mention: Brazil Says Nah-ah to Microsoft’s Broken OOXMLOOXML Poison: Melvin Calimag Received Redmond’s Kool-Aid TooIf Cattle, Use OOXML; If Wise, Use ODFOpenDocument Wins While Microsoft SpinsOn Intellectual Ventures, Nathan Myhrvold, and Other Patent Trolls
Armenia (Phone: +374 10 23 70 20):
ECMA’s and Microsoft’s Mistake in Geneva (no numerations)
Australia (Phone: +61 2 9237 6000):
Watch and Learn How Intellectual Monopoly Laws Are PassedOOXML Roundup: Complaints, Competition, Cracks and ComplacencyEnding Legalised Bribery in the UK and Dwindling Hopes for Freedom in AustraliaOne Decade Later, Same Tricks PersistHewlett-Packard Does Microsoft’s Dirty Job Again, Lobbies for the MonopolyBye-Bye ‘S’ Oh-Oh!ISO Frozen. Too Much Corruption?Microsoft’s 90th-minute Software Patent Lie for OOXMLOOXML Believed to be on Path to a Loss at ISO (ITNews) (Updated)What Makes Novell the Black Sheep of the Free Software UniverseIt’s a Technical Thing, and OOXML is a Total MessThe Best Inde[Paid]ent Consultant Money Can BuyECMA’s van den Beld + Microsoft’s Lobbying Arm (CompTIA) = Total Sellout (Updated)The Latest Hits at Microsoft’s Broken OOXML Platform/App/FormatOOXML: Stacking, Exclusion and Snubbing in the US, Australia and New ZealandISO: Everybody, Calm Down. It’s All Under Control. (It’s Not!)Week of Corruptions :: Day 5 (Closing Day) :: Microsoft Deceives the PressMicrosoft ‘Stole the Elections’ in Africa, Australia, Tried Philippines AlsoStandards Australia Feet Still on Fire, Microsoft Spin PersistsLast-minute OOXML Games: Spot the MisconductIf You Live in Australia, Justice Needs Your HelpMore Media Charades for Microsoft’s OOXML Ahead of the BRMMicrosoft Stacks the Danish Panel TooAustralia Potentially Corrupted by Microsoft (for OOXML “Yes” Vote)OOXML Called a “Very Cynical Ploy”, Finger Pointed at ECMA and MicrosoftMicrosoft: Oops, We Did it Again (OOXML and Money)Microsoft Still Contaminates Malaysian Press for OOXML PublicityBenjamin Henrion et al on OOXML and Software PatentsOOXML Poison: Melvin Calimag Received Redmond’s Kool-Aid TooBrett Winterford Had Kool-Aid in Redmond (and Then Came ODF FUD)Microsoft Proceeds to Attacking ODF-boasting LotusIf Cattle, Use OOXML; If Wise, Use ODFOOXML Watch: Some of the Latest ‘Funny Business’ and Dirty TricksFCC-Comcast-Microsoft and the Freedom Antagonists Axis?Novell’s Privilege Escalation Vulnerability and the Microsoft Software PoliceNew York Set to Decide on OpenDocument Format, EyeOS Embraces OpenOffice.orgOOXML Discussions in the Australian ContinentOOXML and ECMA: Same Scandal, Different DayDoes Internet Explorer 8 Have a Web Hijack Plan in Store? If So, Does Novell Help It?More Arrogance Found in OOXMLAustralian Event Organised to Discuss OOXMLNovell’s Dirty Little Secret: It Helps OOXML (Updated)Clarifications About GNOMEOOXML in East Europe — More Nations, Same Dirty Tricks (Updated)More Document Format Links; OOXML is Disliked Even by Microsoft Employees, ApparentlyDo-No-Evil Saturday: OpenSUSE @ RC, Linux Deployments, and ‘Legacy’ ProductsIt’s OpenDocument All the Way for Holland (and Other Office Suites News)OOXML in Australia RevisitedThe Second ”O” in OOXML Stands for ”Oligarchy”, Not ”Open”OOXML Watch: More Lies, More Deception, and More Spin (It Just Won’t Stop!) (Updated)You Lose, You LieAustralia Changes Mind on OOXML, Brazil and New Zealand Explain Why OOXML is BadThe Latest News on the Microsoft OOXML Fiasco (Updated)OOXML Watch: Sweden’s OOXML Fiasco Representative of the Norm?OOXML: Security Flaw Found, Microsoft Lies About It Again, African Revolt Against It, and ISO in Great DangerHas Microsoft ‘Bought’ the Vote for OOXML in Vietnam?ODF/OOXML Watch: Brazil and India Say “No” to OOXML, Microsoft Lobbying Intensified (Updated)ODF/OOXML Watch: Bill Gates Lobbies Behind the Scenes Again, Jason Matusow Deceives (Updated)Playing a Standards War Using the Language of MoneyODF/OOXML Watch: Australia, New Zealand, Finland, and the United StatesThings 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 FridayOOXML Deception and SpinDocument Formats Watch — “For the Love of God, Think about the Children (and Consumers)”Has OOXML ‘Funny Business’ Already Reached Australia and India?Red Hat Wants Windows Codecs, Microsoft Wants Patent DealsMicrosoft DRM Lock-in and OOXML Lock-in in BritainOpenDocument Disinformation — A Cautionary NoteMicrosoft Loses Its Battle for Lock-in (OOXML) in South Africa (Updated)Once Again We Find One-sided and Promotional Journalism
Austria (Phone: +43 1 213 00 613):
Document Freedom Day Coming Shortly with Plenty of SupportODF/OOXML: Summary of the Latest News and BRM Reports
Azerbaijan (Phone: +99 412 440 52 24):
Internationally Speaking: The Increasing Success of OpenDocument versus the Insanity of OOXMLGoogle Welcomes Recent Rejection of OOXML, Google’s Jeremy Allison Uses Samba AnalogiesThe Latest News on the Microsoft OOXML Fiasco (Updated)
Bahrain (Phone: +973 17 57 48 71):
ECMA’s and Microsoft’s Mistake in GenevaThings Might Get Litigious as Microsoft Gets Aggressive and ISO ‘Bought Out’OOXML = Our Way or No Way; Spain Says “Adios, OOXML”
Banglades (Phone: +880 2 882 14 62):
ECMA’s and Microsoft’s Mistake in GenevaThings Might Get Litigious as Microsoft Gets Aggressive and ISO ‘Bought Out’OOXML = Our Way or No Way; Spain Says “Adios, OOXML”
Belgium (Phone: +32 2 738 00 92):
European Municipalities to Study OpenDocument Format Schoten, BelgiumEuropean Nations Give the Thumbs Down to Microsoft OOXML, Misconduct NotedA Look Back at OOXML BRM, Stacking, ISO’s Admission of FailureQuick Mention: Has Korea Just Voted “Yes” to OOXML? (Updated)OOXML in Belgium: Possible Stacking by Microsoft ReportedAstroturfing Examples: Learning How Microsoft Tames the InternetKorea Chooses OpenDocument FormatOpenDocument ‘Traitors’ Group is Out, Belgium is InIt’s OpenDocument All the Way for Holland (and Other Office Suites News)
Brazil (Phone: +55 11 30 17 36 00):
Taking Stock of Microsoft’s Vapourware AnnouncementIntellectual Monopolies: From Microsoft Back Stabbing to Software Patents from the Back DoorEuropean Municipalities to Study OpenDocument Format Schoten, BelgiumOpenDocument Format Victorious in South AfricaOpenDocument Format Already a Winner in Brazil, Philippines Named for OOXML IrregularitiesDespite Rigging, The World’s Population Said “No” to OOXMLISO Feels OK With Corruption, Officially Approves OOXML (Updated)ISO Frozen. Too Much Corruption?A Look Back at OOXML BRM, Stacking, ISO’s Admission of FailureQuick Mention: Has Korea Just Voted “Yes” to OOXML? (Updated)Brazil Spills the Beans on OOXML, BRM; India’s Story Told AgainDeception Everywhere as OOXML Deadline ApproachesMicrosoft’s Latest Charades of Deception for OOXML’s SakeQuick Mention: Brazil Says Nah-ah to Microsoft’s Broken OOXMLWhat OOXML Manipulations Will Microsoft Have in Store for Poland This Time Around? (Updated)From the OOXML BRM: “I Have Never Seen a Person So Nervous and Ashamed in My Life”Week of Corruptions :: Day 5 (Closing Day) :: Microsoft Deceives the PressOOXML Poison: Melvin Calimag Received Redmond’s Kool-Aid TooIf Cattle, Use OOXML; If Wise, Use ODFBill Gates Invades the Land of Linus, Uses Dumping TechniquesNovell’s Privilege Escalation Vulnerability and the Microsoft Software PoliceOpenDocument Wins While Microsoft SpinsOpenDocument Format vs. Microsoft Lobbyists (and Money)On Intellectual Ventures, Nathan Myhrvold, and Other Patent TrollsIt’s OpenDocument All the Way for Holland (and Other Office Suites News)OOXML in Australia RevisitedISO Reform Demanded, OpenISO Formed by Norbert Bollow (Updated)The Second ”O” in OOXML Stands for ”Oligarchy”, Not ”Open”OOXML Watch: More Lies, More Deception, and More Spin (It Just Won’t Stop!) (Updated)You Lose, You LieAustralia Changes Mind on OOXML, Brazil and New Zealand Explain Why OOXML is BadToday is the Day — The Day the World Will Learn That Crime PaysOOXML Watch: Sweden’s OOXML Fiasco Representative of the Norm?Steve Ballmer Makes Phonecalls to Flip Those Votes in Favour of Monopoly (Updated: China Says “NO”)ODF/OOXML Watch: Brazil and India Say “No” to OOXML, Microsoft Lobbying Intensified (Updated)Microsoft Continues to Cheat in the ISO
Canada (Phone: +1 613 238 32 22):
Return of the ‘Peter O’Kelly Mouthpiece’ and Why Microsoft Lost the Standards WarA Look Back at OOXML BRM, Stacking, ISO’s Admission of FailureQuick Mention: Has Korea Just Voted “Yes” to OOXML? (Updated)Week of Corruptions :: Day 5 (Closing Day) :: Microsoft Deceives the PressBill Gates Invades the Land of Linus, Uses Dumping TechniquesNovell’s Privilege Escalation Vulnerability and the Microsoft Software PoliceNovell’s Trust in OxymoronsYou Lose, You LieAustralia Changes Mind on OOXML, Brazil and New Zealand Explain Why OOXML is BadOOXML Watch: Sweden’s OOXML Fiasco Representative of the Norm?The People Have Spoken and They Reject OOXML
Chile (Phone: +56 2 445 88 00):
Microsoft’s Latest Charades of Deception for OOXML’s SakeNokia and Finland: A Mystery Behind OOXML and SilverlightMore OOXML Corruptions Appear to Have Arrived ChileToday is the Day — The Day the World Will Learn That Crime Pays‘Buying’ Linux Companies, ‘Buying’ ISO Votes, and ‘Buying’… Countries
China (Phone: +86 10 82 26 06 59):
OOXML Roundup: Complaints, Competition, Cracks and ComplacencySoftware Patents, Microsoft Trolls and Intellectual Monopoly MiscellanyProprietary ‘Standards’, Private ‘Standards’ and Microsoft’s Secret ‘Standards’More Failures of ISO and Failures of US RegulatorsDespite Rigging, The World’s Population Said “No” to OOXMLQuick Mention: Has Korea Just Voted “Yes” to OOXML? (Updated)Quick Mention: Brazil Says Nah-ah to Microsoft’s Broken OOXMLExpect Microsoft to be Harshly Slapped for Abuses of ISOIBM on Open Source, Standards, and OOXML (Video)HOWTO: Poison the World Against ODFWhen They Don’t Want Microsoft, Microsoft Will Pay Them to Want It…KOffice and OpenOffice.org Working on OpenDocument InteroperabilityHow Microsoft Operates in China and Parts of AsiaHow Microsoft ‘Bought’ Nicolas Sarkozy, France, and Parts of EuropeOOXML: Both a Patent Mess and a Technical MessChoose OpenDocument Format to Avoid Becoming Enslaved to a Single ProgramISO Reform Demanded, OpenISO Formed by Norbert Bollow (Updated)The Second ”O” in OOXML Stands for ”Oligarchy”, Not ”Open”Dissecting Microsoft’s OOXML/ODF StrategyOOXML Watch: Sweden’s OOXML Fiasco Representative of the Norm?Lying One’s Way from Loss to VictoryHas Microsoft ‘Bought’ the Vote for OOXML in Vietnam?ODF/OOXML Watch: Information of Interest, Latest BatchSteve Ballmer Makes Phonecalls to Flip Those Votes in Favour of Monopoly (Updated: China Says “NO”)ODF/OOXML Watch: Bill Gates Lobbies Behind the Scenes Again, Jason Matusow Deceives (Updated)Lobbying for OOXML in Africa, Which Apparently Dislikes Microsoft and NovellThings Might Get Litigious as Microsoft Gets Aggressive and ISO ‘Bought Out’Mark Shuttleworth in Support of OpenDocument Format, More OOXML Weaknesses ExposedLooking Beyond OOXML to Find Monopoly Abuse in SOA (Updated)OOXML Watch: Funny Business Comes to Switzerland, ECMA Speaks, Apple FaltersUsing OSI Endorsement and Linux Deals to Promote Lock-insOOXML = Our Way or No Way; Spain Says “Adios, OOXML”‘Buying’ Linux Companies, ‘Buying’ ISO Votes, and ‘Buying’… Countries
Colombia (Phone: +57 1 607 88 88):
ISO Frozen. Too Much Corruption?Quick Mention: ISO Fails to Properly Standrdise Even ItselfWeek of Corruptions :: Day 4 :: Briberies in SwedenWeek of Corruptions :: Day 2 :: Microsoft Takes Over ColombiaMore OOXML Corruptions Appear to Have Arrived ChileThe Latest News on the Microsoft OOXML Fiasco (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?OOXML ‘Corruption Train’ Arriving at Sweden (Updated)Has OOXML ‘Funny Business’ Already Reached Australia and India?OOXML Watch: Funny Business Comes to Switzerland, ECMA Speaks, Apple FaltersSock Puppets to Vote on Monopoly Enablement in Colombia?
Côte d’Ivoire (Phone: +225 20 21 55 12):
A Look Back at OOXML BRM, Stacking, ISO’s Admission of FailureQuick Mention: ISO Fails to Properly Standrdise Even ItselfNokia and Finland: A Mystery Behind OOXML and SilverlightWeek of Corruptions :: Day 5 (Closing Day) :: Microsoft Deceives the PressMicrosoft ‘Stole the Elections’ in Africa, Australia, Tried Philippines AlsoMicrosoft Launches “Get the Facts”-esque Smear Campaign Against ODF and OOXML’s CriticsFoes of OpenDocument Format Listed; The Symphony Plays in a New VideoOpenDocument News: ODF at Sun, Google, IBM, and NovellThe Second ”O” in OOXML Stands for ”Oligarchy”, Not ”Open”You Lose, You Lie
Croatia (Phone: +385 1 610 60 95):
ISO Maxes Up Damage Control, OOXML Storm LoomingISO Feels OK With Corruption, Officially Approves OOXML (Updated)Buying Consensus Short of Classical BriberyDoes Microsoft Want to Kill ISO More Than Its Wants to Win an ISO?Microsoft’s Latest OOXML Corruptions in Germany, Croatia, NorwayOOXML: What Happened in the Czech Republic?Lobbying by OOXML Proxies and Death by OOXML BinariesThe Effect of Burton Group FUD and the Source of the FUD (Microsoft?)Quick Mention: ODF Adoption Leads to More Microsoft Abuses in CroatiaWhen Will We Finally See Lawsuits Over Microsoft’s OOXML Frauds?OOXML in East Europe — More Nations, Same Dirty Tricks (Updated)
Cuba (Phone:+53 7 830 00 22):
Quick Mention: Has Korea Just Voted “Yes” to OOXML? (Updated)ISO: Fail?Who Voted “Yes” for OOXML in India Anyway?ISO Fails Again. It’s a Hat Trick.Internationally Speaking: The Increasing Success of OpenDocument versus the Insanity of OOXMLGoogle Welcomes Recent Rejection of OOXML, Google’s Jeremy Allison Uses Samba AnalogiesMore ISO Madness — Only Accepts Microsoft Word Files
Cyprus (Phone: +357 22 41 14 11):
Setting the Record Straight on OOXML and Silverblight [sic]Quick Mention: ISO Fails to Properly Standrdise Even ItselfWeek of Corruptions :: Day 5 (Closing Day) :: Microsoft Deceives the PressFoes of OpenDocument Format Listed; The Symphony Plays in a New VideoOpenDocument News: ODF at Sun, Google, IBM, and NovellThe Second ”O” in OOXML Stands for ”Oligarchy”, Not ”Open”You Lose, You Lie
Czech Republic (Phone: +420 221 802 111):
A Look Back at OOXML BRM, Stacking, ISO’s Admission of FailureQuick Mention: Has Korea Just Voted “Yes” to OOXML? (Updated)Deception Everywhere as OOXML Deadline ApproachesOOXML: What Happened in the Czech Republic?Nokia and Finland: A Mystery Behind OOXML and Silverlight
This has proven to be more time consuming than we had imagined. It may take a while to get the list compete. 3 letters done (A-C), many more to go. Microsoft left a big, big mess behind it. Readers can help by assembling links to more articles (preferably ‘off site’) and posting them here. Any help you can offer would be appreciated as it would substantiate more complaints. We have just under a week before the deadline. This golden opportunity we ought to take advantage of. █
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