[FOSS_health] Re: India votes unanimously against OOXML

[Jai Ganesh]

Wanted to share the same.

Have a look at
*India throws MS open format out of the window*
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/Software/India_throws_Microsoft_open_format_out_of_the_window/articleshow/2305780.cms

Regards
Jai


On 8/24/07, Molly Cheah <drcheah at pc.jaring.my> wrote:
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> Sharing good news on open standards.
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> From: "Venkatesh Hariharan" <venkyh at gmail.com>
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> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:57:40 +0530
> Subject: [FOSS-PDI] India votes unanimously against OOXML
> Hi all,
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> I just returned from Delhi where I attended the Bureau of Indian Standards
> meeting on OOXML. Red Hat is a voting member of this committee and I had the
> privilege to represent the company on this committee. The committee has
> voted an unanimous "No with comments" on OOXML. I will wait for an official
> mail from BIS before saying anything more but thought that I should share
> the good news with my friends in the FOSS and open standards community.
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> Venky
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