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Posted in Africa, Asia, Europe, ISO, Microsoft, Open XML, Standard at 3:30 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
A-C | OOXML Incidents Index: From Algeria to Czech RepublicD-G | OOXML Incidents Index: From [D]enmark to [G]reeceH-J | OOXML Incidents Index: From [H]ungary to [J]ordanK-N | OOXML Incidents Index: From [K]enya to [N]orwayT-Z | OOXML Incidents Index: From [T]hailand to [V]ietnamBackground information
The listing continues and there is nothing under the letter “O” (as in “Open”) so we start with “P” (for “Proprietary”, like OOXML).
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OOXML Incidents Index: From A to COOXML Incidents Index: From [D]enmark to [G]reeceOOXML Incidents Index: From [H]ungary to [J]ordanOOXML Incidents Index: From [K]enya to [N]orway
Pakistan (Phone: +92 21 920 62 60):
Microsoft Gold Partners and Their Sudden Awakening in Pakistan and EgyptKeeping Abreast of Microsoft’s Latest Lies About OOXMLWeek of Corruptions :: Day 5 (Closing Day) :: Microsoft Deceives the PressQuick Mention: Pieter Hintjens’s Digistan Identifies OOXML-GDP LinksYou Lose, You LieThings Might Get Litigious as Microsoft Gets Aggressive and ISO ‘Bought Out’
Peru (Phone: +51 1 224 78 00):
It’s OpenDocument All the Way for Holland (and Other Office Suites News)
Philippines (Phone: +63 2 751 31 23):
Ballot Stuffer from Redmond Stuffs Another FOSS Conference (Romania)The Beast of Redmond Intervenes with Yet Another Open Source SummitOpenDocument Format Already a Winner in Brazil, Philippines Named for OOXML IrregularitiesThe World Sighs as ISO Becomes IrrelevantMicrosoft ‘Stole the Elections’ in Africa, Australia, Tried Philippines AlsoOOXML Marketing: Calling Lies a “Spin”OOXML Poison: Melvin Calimag Received Redmond’s Kool-Aid TooThe Latest OOXML/ODF FUD from the Philippines, Microsoft and Gates Go Batting in EuropeIf Cattle, Use OOXML; If Wise, Use ODFThe Effect of Burton Group FUD and the Source of the FUD (Microsoft?)Microsoft Goes Lobbying Against OpenDocument Format in MalaysiaWith Novell’s OOXML Support, Microsoft Lobbies and Deceives in the PhilippinesHow Microsoft Operates in China and Parts of AsiaMicrosoft Puppet (Frost & Sullivan) Praises ‘Intellectual Property’, Novell’s Patent DealMicrosoft Lobbies for OOXML Through Proxies, IBM Does Its Own Legwork
Poland (Phone: +48 22 556 75 91):
ISO Maxes Up Damage Control, OOXML Storm LoomingAgents of Monopoly Abuse: Elżbieta Andrukiewicz, Jan van den BeldIs Microsoft’s OOXML the “Greatest [of] Scam[s] of Computing History”?OOXML Irregularities: The Latest from PolandBill Gates Makes Phonecalls Again (Politics for Derailing ODF)What OOXML Manipulations Will Microsoft Have in Store for Poland This Time Around? (Updated)Bill and Steve Couldn’t Buy the US Vote This Time AroundLast-minute OOXML Games: Spot the MisconductDisinformation on the Rise, Shameless Linux FUD Makes a ComebackOOXML Watch: Poland and Hungary Allegedly Influenced by the Microsoft MoneyOOXML in Norway, Denmark, and Poland… Looking More Closely at the Stories (Updated)Has Microsoft Just ‘Pulled a Hungary’ on OOXML Voting in Poland? (Updated)Microsoft Fuels OpenDocument Disinformation with Funded Analyst PropagandaODF/OOXML Watch: Australia, New Zealand, Finland, and the United StatesHas OOXML Been Defeated in Poland?The OOXML Translator is a Hoax (and so is the ISO)How Things Work at ECMA ‘Production Line’ISO is Still a Winner in Poland, But ISO May Have Lost Its Way
Portugal (Phone: +351 21 294 81 00):
The Confessions of a Microsoft Lobbyist in ECMAA Look Back at OOXML BRM, Stacking, ISO’s Admission of FailureThe OSP Lie, the OOXML Bribe and Other Interesting Moves in PortugalGeneva BRM: Microsoft Puppet Show, Invite-onlyThe ISO is Replaced by Microsoft, Long Live ISOMicrosoft ‘Pulls a Portugal’ in Ireland (Microsoft to Decide on… Microsoft)Quick Mention: The Programmer’s Advantage in ODF, OOXML Coverage from HungaryMicrosoft is Still Buying Portugal in Its Fight Against OpenDocument FormatISO Reform Demanded, OpenISO Formed by Norbert Bollow (Updated)This Just in: Sweden’s Vote on OOXML Nullified Due to That So-called ”Bribery” Incident (Updatedx3)Has OOXML ‘Funny Business’ Already Reached Australia and India?Microsoft OOXML Corruption Watch — Jason Matusow Goes Batting with FUD and Deception (Updated)Microsoft Continues to Cheat in the ISOThe Microsoft OOXML ‘Corruption Train’ Reaches Denmark (Updatedx2)Microsoft is Outmuscling OOXML Opposition in Spain (Updatedx3)India to Weigh in on Real Standards and ‘Monopoly Enablers’Microsoft Already Plans to ‘Extend’ Its ‘Standard’; ECMA and ISO Named and ShamedEuropean Commission Might Finally Intervene and Investigate AbuseVoters on OOXML Up for ‘Hire’ in Italy (Updated)Open Standards and the GPL in the United KingdomThe OOXML Translator is a Hoax (and so is the ISO)
Qatar (Phone: +974 447 98 05):
ECMA’s and Microsoft’s Mistake in GenevaBill Gates Invades the Land of Linus, Uses Dumping TechniquesThings Might Get Litigious as Microsoft Gets Aggressive and ISO ‘Bought Out’
Romania (Phone: +40 00 40 21 316 32 96):
Ballot Stuffer from Redmond Stuffs Another FOSS Conference (Romania)Quick Mention: Has Korea Just Voted “Yes” to OOXML? (Updated)Microsoft ‘Vampires’ Suck Blood of Romania’s OOXML Voters, SupportersOOXML in Belgium: Possible Stacking by Microsoft ReportedMicrosoft Gold Partners and Their Sudden Awakening in Pakistan and EgyptQuick Mention: It’s Romania’s Turn for Microsoft’s OOXML Stacking
Russia (Phone: +7 495 236 40 44):
OOXML Force-feeding Still a Wait-and-Watch GameODF/OOXML: Summary of the Latest News and BRM ReportsKorea Chooses OpenDocument FormatChoose OpenDocument Format to Avoid Becoming Enslaved to a Single ProgramOff Topic: Microsoft Crime/Dirty Tricks Watch (Updated)OOXML? Not Any Time Soon, Says Sutor.OOXML in East Europe — More Nations, Same Dirty Tricks (Updated)Russia Hops on the OpenDocument Bandwagon As WellOOXML Vote in Russia Overwhelmed by Scale and Pressure (Updated)OOXML Suffers Setbacks, Too
Senegal:
Breaking Rules Again: Microsoft’s Doug Mahugh Has No Mercy, Resorts to ‘OOXML Siege’Microsoft ‘Stole the Elections’ in Africa, Australia, Tried Philippines Also
Serbia (Phone: +381 11 25 47 096):
OOXML in East Europe — More Nations, Same Dirty Tricks (Updated)
Singapore (Phone: +65 62 79 18 05):
When Technology Meets PoliticsISO Frozen. Too Much Corruption?Microsoft’s Letters from the ‘Dead’ Tactics Return (Yet Again)The OSP Lie, the OOXML Bribe and Other Interesting Moves in PortugalOOXML Poison: Melvin Calimag Received Redmond’s Kool-Aid TooIf Cattle, Use OOXML; If Wise, Use ODFHow Microsoft Operates in China and Parts of AsiaDigest: Standards, Junk Patents, and Some More FUD
Slovakia (Phone: +421 2 60 29 44 74):
OOXML: What Happened in the Czech Republic?It’s OpenDocument All the Way for Holland (and Other Office Suites News)
Slovenia (Phone: +386 1 478 30 13):
Software Patents Roundup: Ambush, Reform, and LobbyMicrosoft Lobbyists Are Again Hijacking Voices, Fighting for Software PatentsOOXML Sins and “Charity” Against GNU/Linux
South Africa (No need to phone. Complaint already filed.):
Watch and Learn How Intellectual Monopoly Laws Are PassedWhy Microsoft Office is in Trouble; Debunking Microsoft GoodwillMicrosoft Lies and Insults South Africans to ‘Sell’ OOXMLMicrosoft Assimilation and Government ContractsStatus Update on Microsoft’s Smear Campaign Against ODF (Corrected)Jumping for Dollars to Secure Microsoft Lock-in (Latest Possible Examples)Updates on Microsoft OOXML in the UK and South AfricaBSI Gets Sued After Microsoft’s OOXML Corruptions WorldwideBig Set of Shakeups for Microsoft O[OXML]ffice, ODF RisesMicrosoft Goes Visiting South Africa Shortly After Pro-ODF Policies (Updated)OpenDocument Format Victorious in South AfricaMicrosoft’s Latest Charades of Deception for OOXML’s SakeFraser-Moleketi, South African Minister, Slams OOXML and Software PatentsQuick Mention: Pieter Hintjens’s Digistan Identifies OOXML-GDP LinksOpenDocument Wins While Microsoft SpinsOOXML and ECMA: Same Scandal, Different DayInternationally Speaking: The Increasing Success of OpenDocument versus the Insanity of OOXMLOpenDocument Format Accessibility and Disinformation (Updated)Choose OpenDocument Format to Avoid Becoming Enslaved to a Single ProgramOpenDocument ‘Traitors’ Group is Out, Belgium is InOOXML? Not Any Time Soon, Says Sutor.Using Money to Escape Interoperability Scrutiny/Litigation (Updated)Microsoft Fuels OpenDocument Disinformation with Funded Analyst PropagandaLobbying for OOXML in Africa, Which Apparently Dislikes Microsoft and NovellMark Shuttleworth in Support of OpenDocument Format, More OOXML Weaknesses ExposedOOXML Deception and SpinMicrosoft is Outmuscling OOXML Opposition in Spain (Updatedx3)More Document Formats Coverage (Updatedx2)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)Microsoft Still Not Interested in the ISO Standard, Unless It’s Theirs
Spain (Phone: +34 91 432 60 00):
Why Schools Must Embrace ODF and FOSS; Healthy Boost for KOffice and OpenDocument FormatDisinformation on the Rise, Shameless Linux FUD Makes a ComebackThe Latest News on the Microsoft OOXML Fiasco (Updated)Microsoft Fuels OpenDocument Disinformation with Funded Analyst PropagandaOOXML: Deception, Lies, FUD, Apple & Germany Become Microsoft ToolsHas OOXML ‘Funny Business’ Already Reached Australia and India?OOXML = Our Way or No Way; Spain Says “Adios, OOXML”Microsoft Continues to Cheat in the ISO‘Buying’ Linux Companies, ‘Buying’ ISO Votes, and ‘Buying’… CountriesThe Microsoft OOXML ‘Corruption Train’ Reaches Denmark (Updatedx2)Microsoft is Outmuscling OOXML Opposition in Spain (Updatedx3)OpenDocument Disinformation — A Cautionary NoteIndia to Weigh in on Real Standards and ‘Monopoly Enablers’Microsoft OOXML Manipulation Reaches Spain, Leads to Vocal Complaints (Updated)
Sudan (Phone: +249 183 77 74 80):
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”
Sweden (Phone: +46 8 55 55 20 00):
Week of Corruptions :: Day 4 :: Briberies in SwedenThis 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 Watch: Latest Stories of Deception, Corruption, and DisapprovalOOXML ‘Corruption Train’ Arriving at Sweden (Updated)
Switzerland (Phone: +41 52 224 54 54):
ISO Rubber Stamp for OOXML? Not So Fast (Track)A Look Back at OOXML BRM, Stacking, ISO’s Admission of FailureISO: Fail?OOXML BRM to Be Remembered by Tim Bray’s Remarks“Don’t Talk About the BRM. It’s Our Dirty Little Secret…”The OSP Lie, the OOXML Bribe and Other Interesting Moves in PortugalMicrosoft Controls ECMA, ISO, JTC1, EverythingRussell Ossendryver et al Take on Microsoft’s False Promise of an ‘Open’ XMLMore Arrogance Found in OOXMLWhen Will We Finally See Lawsuits Over Microsoft’s OOXML Frauds?OOXML and ODF: Where Do We Go from Here with a Broken ISO?ISO Reform Demanded, OpenISO Formed by Norbert Bollow (Updated)The 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: Deception, Lies, FUD, Apple & Germany Become Microsoft ToolsKeep Your Enemies Closer and Keep Your Products IncompatibleHas OOXML ‘Funny Business’ Already Reached Australia and India?OOXML Watch: Funny Business Comes to Switzerland, ECMA Speaks, Apple Falters
Syria (Phone: +963 11 452 98 23):
Things Might Get Litigious as Microsoft Gets Aggressive and ISO ‘Bought Out’
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