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Microsoft OOXML Manipulation Reaches Spain, Leads to Vocal Complaints (Updated)

If you wish to follow Microsoft's path of destruction (or "cheating") then head over to Groklaw which has the latest:

It seems there may have been more games played by Microsoft in the OOXML saga, or at the very least some confusion spread, and this time our story comes from Spain, where the government of Andalusia has now sent an official letter of protest [PDF, Spanish] to the president of the technical committee deciding whether or not to accept OOXML as an ISO standard, denouncing what it called an attempt by Microsoft to manipulate the process by selectively quoting from a letter from the Andalusian government back in January as if it were an endorsement of OOXML as an ISO standard today. That January letter, Andalusia says, was not intended to indicate that it felt there should be an acceptance of OOXML by the technical committee.


It has become hard to keep track of all these cases where Microsoft stuffs the ballots, buys votes, deceives people, hires men in suits who threaten politicians, gets people fired for supporting open standards...

Luckily, we have it all documented. Somewhere.

Update: Marbux and Gary have just published a key article. You might not like the sound of it.

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