07.31.09

More Countries Move to ODF, But What About Portugal?

Posted in Europe, Fraud, Microsoft, Open XML, OpenDocument at 2:59 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

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Summary : OpenDocument Format (ODF) is increasingly adopted and the latest dealings in Portugal give reasons for concern

M ORE AND MORE countries have recently embraced OpenDocument Format (ODF), despite Microsoft’s many abuses that it declines/refuses to address . Microsoft is still causing damage to ODF [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ].

Glyn Moody notes that the FSF …

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04.18.09

Possible Microsoft Influence in FOSS Press, ISO, India, Portugal, and South Africa

Posted in Africa, Asia, Europe, Free/Libre Software, FUD, ISO, Microsoft, Open XML at 4:08 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Trust thy institute

Summary : A batch of stories that deserve greater attention

T HIS IS A SET of new observations about Microsoft’s affairs in international establishments and governments.

Beware the Black Ducks

It is worrying to find that a purely proprietary software company created by a (former) Microsoft employee is becoming some sort of a self-appointed …

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03.03.09

Portugal Stands Up Against Microsoft Corruption

Posted in Antitrust, Europe, Fraud, Microsoft, Open XML at 1:20 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary : ESOP finally files a formal complaint, which gets sent to the European Commission

F or context:

Silverlight/Microsoft Required for Public Procurement in Portugal

Open Letter to the Portuguese Ministry of Education

Microsoft’s Magalhães Laptops Scam and OOXML Scandals in Portugal Associated with Fraud?

Microsoft is Exploiting Portuguese Taxpayers to …

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02.25.09

Confirmed: Microsoft OOXML a Security Hazard

Posted in Formats, Google, Microsoft, Open XML, OpenOffice, Security at 1:58 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

S EVERAL MONTHS ago we warned that OOXML is not secure . Its dependence on a particular platform and office suite rendered it insecure by design just like those ‘origin’ formats, namely binaries, which it merely shuffled around (reassembled).

It is now official and also confirmed that OOXML files are not just insecure but there are also persistent attacks against new flaws …

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12.30.08

Unmasking “hAl”, Pro-OOXML Fighter

Posted in Microsoft, Open XML at 8:13 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Anonymity is not fair in Microsoft's age of "technical evangelists"

O NE of the leading forces behind a pseudo-grassroots push for OOXML is a mysterious character known as “hAl”. This character was responsible also for smearing the names of those who spoke truth about OOXML , including myself. We wrote about this character before , but we have just obtained some information about …

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12.21.08

The OOXML Patent Kat is Out of the Bag

Posted in ECMA, Microsoft, Open XML, Patents at 12:30 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

S EVERAL MONTHS after the unforgettable OOXML corruptions come out some documents which may confirm OOXML to be a discriminatory software patent trap without satisfying clarifications. Here are the details :

Microsoft excludes competitors with OOXML patent license?

ECMA has just published two documents related to the patent licensing of ECMA376v1 and ECMA376v2. Microsoft promises …

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12.06.08

OOXML is Patent Trap, Royalties Render it Obsolete

Posted in ISO, Microsoft, Open XML, OpenDocument, Patents at 7:51 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

“Microsoft corrupted many members of ISO in order to win approval for its phony ‘open’ document format, OOXML. This was so governments that keep their documents in a Microsoft-only format can pretend that they are using ‘open standards.’ The government of South Africa has filed an appeal against the decision, citing the irregularities in the process.”

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10.04.08

Alex Brown, Microsoft OOXML Cenvenor, Steps Down?

Posted in ISO, Microsoft, Open XML, Standard at 7:01 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

A lex Brown, the man who was hostile towards ODF and ushered the arrival of Microsoft OOXML (even recommended it) [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 ], seems to be following the footsteps of Martin Bryan and potentially retires .

If true, this looks ugly for ISO and it looks very ugly for OOXML. Nobody wants …

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