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India Decides to Vote "No" For OOXML

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the still-undecided dept.

Indian writes to mention that after an intense meeting at Delhi's Manak Bhawan the 21-member technical committee has decided to vote against Microsoft's Open Office Extensible Mark Up Language (OOXML) standard at the September meeting of the International Standards Organization (ISO). "Microsoft said it respects the government's decision. 'There were only three options "Yes", "No" and "Abstain" to be taken and we respect the government's decision,' Microsoft's legal affairs head Rakesh Bakshi said. He, however, added that India's 'No' vote will become a 'Yes' if Microsoft is able to resolve all technical issues with OOXML before the ballot resolution committee of ISO."

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  1. Politics For Nerds??!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    The Slashdot FAQ "clearly states that the politics section is for news "news relevant to United States government politics."

    Obviously, this bit about India and OOXML has absolutely nothing to do with the US government politics and has no relevance to it at all.

    This politics section is a joke. There is no real rhyme or reason to the stories being posted to this section.

    1. Re:Politics For Nerds??!!! by Daniel+Phillips · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      considering a lot of those nerds will find their job outsourced to india.... That comment is just plain disgusting.
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  2. dashyaoo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    dashyaoo