[kictanet] Say NO to OOXML campaign

[Dorcas Muthoni]

Thanks Judy,

M$ has been targeting people in the sector and KBS (Kenya Bureau of
Standards) misleading them to adopt a proprietary, incomplete and patented
standard as if it were an open standard.

Kenyans, reject this move. We do not want Kenya to pass support for
something blindly.

It would be nice to hear if they have targeted the ministry.

MS's OOXML has been proved to be long, incomplete, patented,and unsuitable
as an ISO standard.

This is a software issue, here is a useful coverage on this matter:
http://www.dwheeler.com/blog/2007/06/05/

More on ISO Standardization
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Organization_for_Standardization

Muthoni

On 8/7/07, Judy Okite <judyokite at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Listers,
>
> Just to alert you on the ongoing campaign.......this product is
> substandard,but M$ is determined to launch it. Please do not get caught in
> between and make a wrong decision.... briefly scrutinize the links below and
> make a well defined decision. Say NO to this product,sadly M$ has a strong
> hold in our country,but its within your rights to demand for a worthy
> product.do not be fooled/coarsed or get caught in marketting gimmick.
> Please spread this news out and wide.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> The  campaign to stop Microsoft getting the Office format approved by ISO
> is on. MS's OOXML has been proved to be long, incomplete, patented,and
> unsuitable as an ISO standard. There is also an existing standard, ODF, as
> you know.
>
> The FFII has been fighting OOXML in Europe and Latin America, and FTISA
> has beat it in South Africa. Together with these guys, we should be able to
> kick OOXML out of the rest of Africa. There are ISO votes in Ghana, Nigeria,
> Cote-d'Ivoire, Botswana, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, and Congo. Microsoft
> have, I heard, gone to Nairobi in force to try to force the vote there.
>
> What we need to do is work with the ISO national boards to understand
> that OOXML is really broken, and we then need to make sure those
> boards can't be stuffed with Microsoft puppets, as happened in the US,
> Italy, Azerbaijan, Romania, and elsewhere. We just want national
> boards to vote "NO" until all the technical problems in the format are
> fixed.
>
> The FFII has collected information on this campaign,
> see www.noooxml.org.
>
> But to start with, I'd like to invite you to join this mailing list:
> https://lists.ffii.org/mailman/listinfo/noooxml-africa
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Pieter
> ph at imatix.com
> --
> Judy Ann Okite,
> +254-721237507,+254-734252336
> P.O. BOX 2228 00100,
> NAIROBI,KENYA.
>
>
> "Even if you are on the right track, you'll still get run over if you just
> sit there."
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